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Why do people use GNU free documentation license GFDL?
Why publishers should use the GNU FDL Can technical writers earn money by writing free documentation for free software? The GFDL is meant as a way to enlist commercial publishers in funding free documentation without surrendering any vital liberty.
What is a documentation License?
Licensed Documentation means all written materials, binders, user manuals, and other documentation and materials supplied by Licensor and related to the Licensed Software, other than the Licensed Software.
What are GNU documentation principles?
GNU documentation principles We believe the reader should be free to copy, update, and redistribute GNU documentation, just like GNU software. In 2001, the GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) was created to address needs that were not met by licenses originally designed for software.
Who creates GNU?
Richard Stallman
Development of the GNU operating system was initiated by Richard Stallman while he worked at MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. It was called the GNU Project, and was publicly announced on September 27, 1983, on the net. unix-wizards and net. usoft newsgroups by Stallman.
What does the GNU Free Documentation license mean?
GNU Free Documentation License. The GNU Free Documentation License ( GNU FDL or simply GFDL) is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the GNU Project. It is similar to the GNU General Public License, giving readers the rights to copy, redistribute,…
What kind of license does the GNU Project have?
The GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or simply GFDL) is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the GNU Project.
What do you need to know about the GNU FDL?
The GNU FDL requires that licensees, when printing a document covered by the license, must also include “this License, the copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies to the Document”.
What can you use the GFDL license for?
The GFDL was designed for manuals, textbooks, other reference and instructional materials, and documentation which often accompanies GNU software. However, it can be used for any text-based work, regardless of subject matter.