Subject | Re: [Firebird-Architect] Open Source and Open Documentation |
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Author | Helen Borrie |
Post date | 2006-09-05T05:18:38Z |
At 11:44 AM 5/09/2006, jas@... wrote:
With a link in the sidemenu for subscribing to the firebird-docs list
under Creative Commons are not copyleft, if that's what you had in
mind. Author retains copyright, re-use rights analagous to source
code re-use rights in IDPL. Docs team went to Creative Commons
because "source code" doesn't necessarily apply to documentation.
FWIW, the Docbook sources for the Vulcan release notes (insofar as
they exist) are (implicitly) under this licence and copies of both
the XML source and the PDF binary are somewhere in your house.
Helen
>Great. Where can I see it? What's the URL?http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=devel&sub=doc
With a link in the sidemenu for subscribing to the firebird-docs list
> >Not sure what licensing you're referring to here. Firebird docs
>Nope, no restrictions except as stated: A license at least as open as
>IDPL and no restrictions on access or redistribution. Oh, the offer
>isn't exclusive. You can't claim it as your own. If someone else has
>an idea that might work, he or she gets the same access.
under Creative Commons are not copyleft, if that's what you had in
mind. Author retains copyright, re-use rights analagous to source
code re-use rights in IDPL. Docs team went to Creative Commons
because "source code" doesn't necessarily apply to documentation.
FWIW, the Docbook sources for the Vulcan release notes (insofar as
they exist) are (implicitly) under this licence and copies of both
the XML source and the PDF binary are somewhere in your house.
Helen