csound manual

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 12:48:38PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>On 01/07/10 11:02, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 10:28:28AM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 02:45, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
>>>>> From PrefaceCopy.html:
>>>>>
>>>>> This version of the Csound Manual ("The Canonical Csound Manual") 
>>>>> is released under the GNU Free Documentation Licence.
>>>>
>>>> Good.  Let's include that in debian/copyright.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect, however, that "This version of the Csound Manual" does 
>>>> not cover the complete work.  You mentioned yourself in the earlier 
>>>> non-DEP5 copyright file that some parts were GPL (or was it LGPL?).
>>>
>>> Some helper scripts are GPL or LGPL, like the one to convert csd 
>>> files to docbook xml for inclusion in the manual. The rest is all 
>>> GFDL.
>>
>> Do upstream explicitly state so somehwere (which we can then quote), 
>> or how do you come to the conclusion that "rest is all GFDL"?
>
>Hmm, I don't think so. However, the tarball contains 2 things. The 
>manual and helper scripts. The manual is GFDL and the helper scripts 
>each have an explicit license statement.

Easy to then ask upstream for a statement that all parts of the tarball 
except those parts explicitly noted as GPL or LGPL.

IMO not acceptable to assume as-is, due to the many participants 
involved.


Kind regards,

  - Jonas

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