[wp-docs] An Amendment

Ryan Boren ryan at boren.nu
Mon Sep 26 17:14:42 GMT 2005


On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 18:01 +0100, Podz wrote:

> If GPL is involved, I fail to see where there is an precedence to be 
> established. It's not like there is any room to move is there ?
> If the GPL licence for Codex is wrong (and there should be very little
> doubt about that any more)

I personally see no problem with it.

> I do believe there is a book project being done right now - evidence is 
> on the net - and I do believe that if it is published under the GPL then 
> it will be done wrong. There's a saying here in football that during a 
> match there are 22 players and a guy in black on the pitch, and 40,000 
> referees watching. I think there's a parallel there.

People have been publishing GPL docs for over a decade.  See the Linux
Documentation Project.  We're not breaking any ground here.  Same old,
same old.

Ryan




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