Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 22:28:35 -0400 (EDT) From: r@mlg3.com To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: copyright for man pages Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1008052227230.25692@archimedes> In-Reply-To: <20100806005800.GA34053@guilt.hydra> References: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1008050715100.17647@archimedes> <20100806005800.GA34053@guilt.hydra>
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On Thu, 5 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 07:16:20AM -0400, r@mlg3.com wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Sorry of this is the wrong list but what is the copyright situation for >> things like man pages? If I want to host a copy of one on the web or >> something, is there some additional disclaimer I need to add? > > As I understand it, most man pages and other FreeBSD documentation is > distributed under the terms of the FreeBSD Documentation License: > > http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-doc-license.html > > Anything that says "GNU" in it (because it's related to GNU software) is > likely to be distributed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation > License: > > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html > > Some man pages are likely to be distributed under the standard BSD > License. There may or may not be some stuff distributed under the terms > of the BSD Documentation License, which is actually a derivative of the > FreeBSD Documentation License. There may be a couple here and there > distributed under other licenses as well. > > I'm not anyone officially associated with the documentation project, > though, so don't just take my word for it if you have reason to question > what I've said. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > Svein and Chad, What you're saying makes sense. Thanks! -- Rodrigo
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