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Re: Eligibility of CC-BY-SA for documentation within a software project
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Ian Kelling |
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Re: Eligibility of CC-BY-SA for documentation within a software project |
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Sun, 01 Mar 2020 20:01:46 -0500 |
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Ineiev <address@hidden> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 05:55:00AM +0000, Ineiev wrote:
>> >
> ...
>> > As far as I can recall, we are not allowed to accept gpl for manuals,
>> > although that seems draconian
> ...
>
> The GFDL is the license for GNU manuals; if some documentation
> is FDL-incompatible, GNU packages won't be able to use it, and
> it's expected that the GNU project should be able to copy
> from packages hosted on Savannah.
Right, that makes sense why its not accepted. I didn't think about it
much before I sent my email.
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