Re: LDP licences

[tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes:

>   http://www.linuxdoc.org/COPYRIGHT.html
>   http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP-COPYRIGHT.html
>   http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.5
> 
> I believe that the first and third are simple DFSG-free copyrights,
> while the second is not (it requires modified versions to be approved by
> the author before distribution). Can somebody please confirm this?

I concur.  The first and third are no problem.

The problem with the second is this clause:

  "Any translation or derivative work of Linux Installation and
  Getting Started must be approved by the author in writing before
  distribution."

The other clauses are not problematic.

Thomas