Mingjie Xing wrote: > Say I am going to write a book talking about the implementation of > a GPLed software. Many source code will be quoted and analyzed in the > book. So my question, is there any constraint about the publishing book?
This is fair use, so you don't need the author's permission. Otherwise, the book would have to be licensed under the GPL. > Must the book be covered as GFDL? The GPL and the GFDL are (from a legal point of view) independent licenses. Regards, Clemens
