Re: [Savannah-hackers] Licensing LaTeX documents

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

Did you receive this request? I need it asap to decide whether to
approve a project at Savannah.

Thanks,

-- 
Sylvain
Savannah hacker: savannah.gnu.org

On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 07:02:35PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to know what licensing terms you recommand for
> documentation that uses external modules for the documentation system
> (not the documentation itself), that are incompatible with the
> licensing terms of the documentation.
> 
> For example, I am reviewing a project that offers LaTeX classes under
> the GNU GPL, and uses the 'prosper' module, that is released under the
> LPPL 1.2 and not present in my tetex distribution (Red Hat Linux
> 7.3's). Is it OK? Or does the project submitter needs to add a GPL
> exception (maybe tacit) regarding LaTeX?
> 
> Another example, I write a document released under the GFDL based on
> other GFDL work, using the Texinfo documentation system. Does this
> mean I can only use GFDL'd Texinfo macros not present in the Texinfo
> standard package?
> 
> What licensing terms would you recommend in such situations?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Sylvain
> Savannah hacker: savannah.gnu.org