From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 6 03:21:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC2711065673 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 03:21:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2BFB8FC17 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 03:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OhDI4-0000t1-BS for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:08:16 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:21:42 -0700 Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 20:21:42 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100806032142.GG2373@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100806005800.GA34053@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bygAmIonOAIqBxQB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100806005800.GA34053@guilt.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: copyright for man pages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:21:51 -0000 --bygAmIonOAIqBxQB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Thursday, 05 August 2010: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 07:16:20AM -0400, r@mlg3.com wrote: > > Hello, > >=20 > > Sorry of this is the wrong list but what is the copyright situation for= =20 > > things like man pages? If I want to host a copy of one on the web or=20 > > something, is there some additional disclaimer I need to add? >=20 > As I understand it, most man pages and other FreeBSD documentation is > distributed under the terms of the FreeBSD Documentation License: >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-doc-license.html >=20 > 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: >=20 > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Man pages for ports might have their own licensing -- perhaps (though not necessarily) under the same license as their corresponding ports. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --bygAmIonOAIqBxQB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMW3/FAAoJEIpckszW26+RRosH/3HbhzrmBLpTXxCmvtkER9CQ 53MuI6jRCFYO//LCtBibpnMne3U6hPM17Rubo8TtebzX+cLumfAEno/eF2SdBtkc vibF3wzz8OPPfX2Yr7mzLuiuKfLw3v6WKXyi+6SCjcLuHtKbLkszoxu77qKeooR6 P4aG7JLb6MHjSFM+NfAHC7xZkwCfVwHyEqkCz6krvQUwlbP75EFuDCsAss5nEr+0 +oQdWemz1qex2RfrZETIBoXbpOhkGKMY0AdTVj6uCh996UY+9H5sSCoHslPsBGiI LaU8Jg0WcDViPPSqOKgO1R1umEmdFzZOHOfarEDDrEOVOJ1lyqh+pCDjwKpzTV8= =X6wm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bygAmIonOAIqBxQB--