On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 4:47 PM Zelphir Kaltstahl < [email protected]> wrote:
"We also recommend the GNU FDL for dictionaries, encyclopedias, and any > other works that provide information for practical use." > These are works with substantial original content, and the GFDL prevents people from creating proprietary versions of them. But as I said before, a list of links is most likely insufficiently original, so it cannot be copyrighted in any common-law jurisdiction. For avoidance of doubt, however, a CC0-type license is best. I am not a lawyer; this is not legal advice, but it is not the unauthorized practice of law either. What is the impact or are the consequences of incompatibility with GPL, > with regard to the list of links? > I don't see any. A list of links is unlikely to be included in the source code of a software work. > But I thought GPL is only meant to be used for software? Think I read > that many times in the past, that you should not use GPL for things > other than software. > Certainly a GPLed presentation or essay that is unlikely to be printed is no problem. Most of my presentation slides are GPLed. But being required to distribute the editable source for a specific copy of a printed book along with the book (or a written offer to provide it on demand) is a nuisance. John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan [email protected] I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. --Bilbo
