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From: Dmitry Alexandrov <dag@gnui.org>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org, Zhu Zihao <all_but_last@163.com>
Subject: Re: What's the license of Guix's blog?
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:36:47 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a6zosihc.dag@gnui.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877dutx75x.fsf@gnu.org> (Amin Bandali's message of "Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:30:02 -0400")

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Amin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org> wrote:
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>> I would propose GFDLv1.3+ without invariant sections, since that can then be relicensed to CC-BY-SA should anyone need it.
>
> but reading the text for GFDLv1.3, specifically "11. RELICENSING", it seems to me that the explicit permission to relicense GFDLv1.3-covered work to CC BY-SA 3.0 was only valid until August 1, 2009.

And it had been never valid for any blog, only for a ‘wiki’.

> I would suggest explicitly asking the FSF or seeking legal advice about that, to know whether that section still applies today.

If one finds the licence itself unclear, there is also a FAQ [1].

[1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3-faq.html

> Another good candidate is CC BY-SA 4.0, which was declared one-way compatible with GPLv3...

...yet not with FDL (which Guix manual is under).

> I have also seen folks license material on their site under GPLv3+.

And neither licence is mutually exclusive with the other one!

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      reply	other threads:[~2020-07-24 21:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-11 16:50 What's the license of Guix's blog? Zhu Zihao
2020-06-12 16:20 ` Dmitry Alexandrov
2020-07-24 14:20 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-07-24 14:44   ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-07-24 15:30   ` Amin Bandali
2020-07-24 21:36     ` Dmitry Alexandrov [this message]

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