Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 20:21:42 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: copyright for man pages Message-ID: <20100806032142.GG2373@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20100806005800.GA34053@guilt.hydra> References: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1008050715100.17647@archimedes> <20100806005800.GA34053@guilt.hydra>
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--bygAmIonOAIqBxQB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Thursday, 05 August 2010: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 07:16:20AM -0400, r@mlg3.com wrote: > > Hello, > >=20 > > Sorry of this is the wrong list but what is the copyright situation for= =20 > > things like man pages? If I want to host a copy of one on the web or=20 > > something, is there some additional disclaimer I need to add? >=20 > As I understand it, most man pages and other FreeBSD documentation is > distributed under the terms of the FreeBSD Documentation License: >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-doc-license.html >=20 > Anything that says "GNU" in it (because it's related to GNU software) is > likely to be distributed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation > License: >=20 > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html >=20 > Some man pages are likely to be distributed under the standard BSD > License. There may or may not be some stuff distributed under the terms > of the BSD Documentation License, which is actually a derivative of the > FreeBSD Documentation License. There may be a couple here and there > distributed under other licenses as well. >=20 > I'm not anyone officially associated with the documentation project, > though, so don't just take my word for it if you have reason to question > what I've said. >=20 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Man pages for ports might have their own licensing -- perhaps (though not necessarily) under the same license as their corresponding ports. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --bygAmIonOAIqBxQB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMW3/FAAoJEIpckszW26+RRosH/3HbhzrmBLpTXxCmvtkER9CQ 53MuI6jRCFYO//LCtBibpnMne3U6hPM17Rubo8TtebzX+cLumfAEno/eF2SdBtkc vibF3wzz8OPPfX2Yr7mzLuiuKfLw3v6WKXyi+6SCjcLuHtKbLkszoxu77qKeooR6 P4aG7JLb6MHjSFM+NfAHC7xZkwCfVwHyEqkCz6krvQUwlbP75EFuDCsAss5nEr+0 +oQdWemz1qex2RfrZETIBoXbpOhkGKMY0AdTVj6uCh996UY+9H5sSCoHslPsBGiI LaU8Jg0WcDViPPSqOKgO1R1umEmdFzZOHOfarEDDrEOVOJ1lyqh+pCDjwKpzTV8= =X6wm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bygAmIonOAIqBxQB--
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