> Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> And in my opinion the CC licenses are much easier to understand.
Hmmm. What about a BSD-ish license? Some "features" that people see as
drawbacks don't apply to BSDL-ed texts, because "the source" is alway
available. This is what the FreeBSD Project uses:
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Redistribution and use in source (SGML DocBook) and 'compiled' forms
(SGML, HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:
1. Redistributions of source code (SGML DocBook) must retain the above
copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
as the first lines of this file unmodified.
2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
converted to PDF, PostScript, RTF and other formats) must reproduce the
above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with
the distribution.
Important: THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE FREEBSD DOCUMENTATION
PROJECT "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FREEBSD
DOCUMENTATION PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGE.
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s/SGML DocBook/Wiki Text/g
s/FREEBSD DOCUMENTATION PROJECT/CENTOS PROJECT/
IANAL, but this is very easily parsable for me.
-- Daniel