Re: DFSG4 and combined works

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>]

Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg> writes:

> If GDB were under BSD, you could:
>
>    1. Add docstrings to the sources of GDB in a way permissible by
>       GFDL.  In particular the invariant sections should be present in
>       all opaque copies of the produced documentation.  GFDL does not
>       place restrictions on how the invariant sections are present in
>       the transparent form, so it is enough if they exist in separate
>       files.
>
>    2. Add the text of the BSD license in a new invariant section.
>
>    3. Use the following license for the new GDB sources:
>
>       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify THE NAME
>       under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version
>       1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
>       Foundation; with with the Invariant Sections being LIST THEIR
>       TITLES, with the Front-Cover Texts being LIST, and with the
>       Back-Cover Texts being LIST.
>
>       Additionally, you have permission to use the non-commented parts
>       of the sources of THE NAME under the following license:
>
>       INCLUDE THE BSD LICENSE HERE

And the result would be a *non-free program*.