Bug#192748: Debian WWW Pages License is incompatible with the GNU GPL

[Tatsuya Kinoshita <tats@vega.ocn.ne.jp>]

On May 12, 2003 at 11:17PM +0200,
Josip Rodin <joy@srce.hr> wrote:

> what is the benefit of being compatible with the GPL?
> Is it e.g. impossible to distribute copies of our web pages with
> GPL-licensed programs?

I think that a work which derives from both an Open Publication
Licensed work and a GNU GPLed work cannot be distributed.

The Open Publication License seems to be a copyleft license.

Even if it is not a copyleft license, the following requirements
conflict with the GNU GPL.

The Open Publication License (http://opencontent.org/openpub/)
v1.0 says:

| I. REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED VERSIONS

| Any publication in standard (paper) book form shall require the
| citation of the original publisher and author. The publisher
| and author's names shall appear on all outer surfaces of the
| book. On all outer surfaces of the book the original
| publisher's name shall be as large as the title of the work and
| cited as possessive with respect to the title.

| IV. REQUIREMENTS ON MODIFIED WORKS

| 4. The location of the original unmodified document must be identified.

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> (Overriding Mail-Followup-To: because I can't seem to find you on either
> debian-www list membership list or the PTS...)

I should say that I'm reading this thread via debian-www archive.

-- 
Tatsuya Kinoshita