On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:46:48 +0100, Alfred M\ Szmidt said:
Werner, I'm really not following you. Either you can share something, or you cannot. Obviously, you can share GFDl:ed manuals, I hope we can agree on that. What you are speaking about is combining different works, this isn't the same thing as sharing. Even the GPL has some
Nonsense. It is the heart of FS software development.
A few lines of material cannot be considered a legally significant change. So you are free to include those few lines and ignoring the
Wrong. I am not talking about quoting - and even that is limited.
license (basically). If you wish to incoperate a whole page, or chapter, it would be better to simply refer to it and not include it if you do not wish to have the invariant sections. The same thing applies to GPLed works which you wish to include in non-free programs, where you have to jump around abunch of hoops to be able to do that.
I am only talking about FS and in particular works with GPL compatible licenses. Refering to otehr parts of the code or manual is not an option.
Salam-Shalom,
Werner