Re: [Savannah-register-public] [task #9328] Submission of Video Blender NLE

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi Nicodemo,

RMS asked us to use a GFDL-compatible license for manuals, which sadly
excludes the GNU GPL :/

I think it's a good idea to show the FSF blog post to this author, but
I don't think it's our role to convince him to change his plans - more
often than than we aren't as knowledgeable as the author.

Last, I think it's better to use more complete answers for
GNU/Linux<->Linux issues, otherwise we won't be understood. Possibly
you can use the canned text from savannah.el.

What do you think?

-- 
Sylvain

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:44:58AM +0000, Nicodemo Alvaro wrote:
> 
> Follow-up Comment #3, task #9328 (project administration):
> 
> In my opinion, what makes great software is that someone knows how to use it.
> It is quite often that people, use different manners of learning how to use
> the software. Usually, the best way is to read good documentation. You may
> argure that it would be better to customize the UI to what the user sees fit.
> Perhaps, you could write documentation for developers on the design that you
> think would make their program much better.
> 
> So I would advise taking a look at the different Free documentation licenses
> if you are going to place your design and manuals on Savannah. Of course, we
> accept our GNU Free Documentation License (and compatibles), even though is
> not compatible with the GNU GPL. Do not use a GNU license without the "or any
> later version" wording in your notices, as that creates future compatibility
> problems.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#DocumentationLicenses
> 
> You will have to add copyright and license notices, for this to work. Also,
> please stop using linux, when refer to the Operating System, and instead use
> GNU/Linux which refers to a more complete OS.