On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:47:42AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Bug #560181 correctly points out that although mysql's code is > distributed under GPL, the associated documentation is not. > The reporter proposes classifying it as "Redistributable, no > modification permitted", but I thought I'd ask this list about > opinions on the best license tag for it. The doc license looks > like this: > > > Copyright 1997-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. > > This documentation is NOT distributed under a GPL license. Use of this > documentation is subject to the following terms: You may create a > printed copy of this documentation solely for your own personal use. > Conversion to other formats is allowed as long as the actual content is > not altered or edited in any way. You shall not publish or distribute > this documentation in any form or on any media, except if you > distribute the documentation in a manner similar to how Sun > disseminates it (that is, electronically for download on a Web site > with the software) or on a CD-ROM or similar medium, provided however > that the documentation is disseminated together with the software on > the same medium. Any other use, such as any dissemination of printed > copies or use of this documentation, in whole or in part, in another > publication, requires the prior written consent from an authorized > representative of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Microsystems, Inc. and > MySQL AB reserve any and all rights to this documentation not expressly > granted above. These terms seem not to satisfy current Fedora licensing guidelines, if I'm not mistaken. Spot? - RF _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
