"John D. Blair" wrote:
>
> Deb,
> What's your reasoning for disallowing distribution of derivative works?
> Is it just that the licenses for this sort of thing are young and
> perhaps haven't yet been properly worked through?
I'm not sure I understand the question. By "derivative works", I assume
you're talking about documentation that is largely based on other docs,
right? If these derivative works can be freely reformatted and
distributed, then there's no problem with them being included. If
reformatting/distribution is restricted, however, there is a problem.
Ideally, someone like RedHat could come along and just scoop up the OSWG
documentation set as a whole and drop it into a distribution. Having to
sort through the docs and figure out which they're allowed to distribute
and which they're not allowed to distribute is a bit of a hassle.
I think perhaps I've missed your point. I am not, under any
circumstances, an expert when it comes to licensing, which is why I'm
looking for a bit of discussion/help here :)
- deb
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