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 Post subject: ex2/3/4 page licensing issue
PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:49 am 
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I hate to sound like a complete <censored>, but...
The current content of the wiki page for ex2/3/4 file systems has a large chunck of derived work from a document licensed to us via the GNU documentation license, which like it's code infecting cousin, means that page is also licensed under the very same. While this wasn't too big of a deal when the page was published, I've looked it over and the GNU Documentation license is not compatible with the CC0 we are currently using.
Flag it? Keep it? Add an exception?
Just thought Id bring it up since It could be an issue.
(Seriously, who the hell GPL's a document?)

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 Post subject: Re: ex2/3/4 page licensing issue
PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 3:19 am 
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If that's the case, it should be rewritten (and the copier should be stabbed because it can't have legally been posted at all)

Edit: I can't find any copy-paste work between the documents, so it is already a new interpretation...

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 Post subject: Re: ex2/3/4 page licensing issue
PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:34 pm 
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Oh, in that case I guess we're ok. I saw
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Most of the information here is based off of work done by Dave Poirier on the ext2-doc project (see the links section) which is graciously released under the GNU Free Documentation License
and assumed the words "based off" was synonymous with "copied from" in this context. I'm glad I'm wrong :D

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 Post subject: Re: ex2/3/4 page licensing issue
PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:59 pm 
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Yo:
Primis wrote:
(Seriously, who the hell GPL's a document?)


Wikipedia, myself, and tonnes of others 8)

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 Post subject: Re: ex2/3/4 page licensing issue
PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:10 pm 
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gravaera wrote:
Yo:
Primis wrote:
(Seriously, who the hell GPL's a document?)


Wikipedia, myself, and tonnes of others 8)

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I think you'll find Wikipedia CC-BY-SAs its documents ;)


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