Quoth Chad Perrin on Thursday, 05 August 2010: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 07:16:20AM -0400, r...@mlg3.com wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Sorry of this is the wrong list but what is the copyright situation for > > things like man pages? If I want to host a copy of one on the web or > > something, is there some additional disclaimer I need to add? > > As I understand it, most man pages and other FreeBSD documentation is > distributed under the terms of the FreeBSD Documentation License: > > http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-doc-license.html > > 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: > > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html > > 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. > > 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. > > -- > 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. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com
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