Re: DFSG4 and combined works
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 11:55:34AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> 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*.
This is strange. :-) The program is covered under BSD license and you
say it is non-free.
Anton Zinoviev
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