[OSGeo-Edu] Free and open source your documentation efforts

[Gary Watry]

I think  I can go to a GNU License., would that work??

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Matthew Perry wrote:
>> There is the subtle distinction between "commerical" and "proprietary"
>> to consider. But if we apply the same logic to documentation, a
>> gpl-like license would require that any product which incorporates
>> these docs be released as "free documentation"?
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>
> Matthew,
>
> I would agree that a GPL-like license that required any directly derived
> documentation to also be released freely would be quite reasonable.  So,
> for instance CCGIS could improve and present courses based on such an
> approach, though they in turn would have to offer the modified version
> for free use by others.
>
> This would not prevent someone from writing a book based on the free
> documentation, but the text of the book (at least perhaps the chapters
> based on the originally free documentation) would have to be made 
> available
> for free reuse.
>
> Best regards,

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