Hi @all!
"[M]ust his thesis in which my FDL licensed text is used also be licensed under the FDL?"
I hope not, because that would first of all contradict the whole idea of scientific work. Of course, he/she may not just COPY your paper and distribute under another condition (price!). He/she is not allowed to do this. The reason is first of all a scientific one: he os not allowed to "sell" your ideas as it would be his/her own.
Further more I cannot see any violations of the FDL since your work remains as it is. On the other hand he/she has to make significantly changes/additions which create a new work. This work is his/her own. It is up to him/her under which license he is going to publish it.
I found in the preamble of the license these two remarks: - freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without modifying it, either commercially or non-commercially - this License preserves for the author and publisher a way to get credit for their work, while not being considered responsible for modifications made by others
You may also have a look at paragraph 7: AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
I think the crystal clear conclusion we can draw from this is that he does not need to publish HIS/HER work under the same license. I do not know exactly what the purpose of the FDL was/is but it would be paradoxical to require the same license if parts of a "free work" where quoted in an other work. That would contradict all scientific standards.
I hope I am right with my statement.
regards, Axel
Stephan Uhlmann su@su2.info schrieb am 14.02.04 17:58:09:
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Hello,
I have written a text and published it under the GNU FDL. Now I was asked by somebody if he can use parts of that text for his diploma thesis and if that means that it also must be licensed under the FDL.
German "Urheberrecht" allows citations, in scientific works even in larger portions (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zitate_und_Urheberrecht).
My question now is, do the rules for derivative works nevertheless apply? i.e. must his thesis in which my FDL licensed text is used also be licensed under the FDL?
Thank you for any hints,
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Axel Schulz wrote:
"[M]ust his thesis in which my FDL licensed text is used also be licensed under the FDL?"
I hope not, because that would first of all contradict the whole idea of scientific work. Of course, he/she may not just COPY your paper and distribute under another condition (price!). He/she is not allowed to do this. The reason is first of all a scientific one: he os not allowed to "sell" your ideas as it would be his/her own.
Actually, he *is* allowed to sell it (though not pretending it's his own work), just like distributors may sell GPL software, e.g.
Andreas Förster wrote:
AFAIK local laws overrule the licence of the author.
I'd think so, i.e. if the citation is in a form that is normally allowed (even from proprietary sources), the FDL can't impose any further conditions.
Of course, if you're the only author and rights holder of the FDL text, you can always give someone permission to use it in a particular way since you're not bound by your own license (and if there was a violation, you're the only one who could take action, anyway).
IANAL.
Frank