> On Jul 4, 2016, at 5:42 AM, Mike or Penny Novack <mpnov...@mtdata.com> wrote: > > On 7/3/2016 6:05 PM, Chris Lyttle wrote: >> I agree with John, as long as it keeps with the requirements of the GFDL, >> which means the work is available under the same license, I have no >> objection. > Uh, I am not one of the developers but am old enough to have been able to > follow the original "free software" discussions. My opinion? > > I think an awful lot of people are interpreting "derivative work" in a sense > never intended. If there is some free software X, and somebody writes a book > "How to make good use of X" or "X for Dummies" that is NOT a "derivative > work" << they would have to, of course, not simply incorporate any > documentation/help provided with the software >> Or suppose the developers > had NOT created a "manual" or a "user guide". Somebody could write > either/both of those and would not be a "derivative work".
Read the original letter again. He's asking about copying parts of the Tutorial and Concepts Guide, which is published under the GNU Free Documentation License, or GFDL. That's separate from the program's copyrights and licenses. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
