Free documentation licenses

[SamBC]

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <cowan at locke.ccil.org>


> IMHO it makes sense to release a manual under the same license
> as the software, so that it can be changed in synchrony with the
software.
> What you have here looks like a close variant of new-BSD.
> If you are releasing the software under new-BSD, then use new-BSD as
> the documentation license as well.


What if, however, as in my case, you are writing standalone
documentation to software you did not produce, or detailing techniques,
or even an academic treatise... the sLODL is suitable for all...

http://www.simpleLinux.org/legal/sLODL.html


SamBC