Apple's Common Documentation License

[David Johnson]

On Wednesday 23 January 2002 05:50 pm, Marc Rauw wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Recently, I have published some documents under the CDL version 1.0,
> because it seems to provide a consistent and relatively easy-to-understand
> copyleft-model for the distribution and modification of documentation.
> However, I wonder whether this license also formally satisfies the OSD. I
> believe it does, since the FSF lists it as 'free documentation license',
> but I am still interested in your views as well.

The OSI does not approve documentation licenses, only software licenses. But 
I would use the CDL anyway. It fully follows the spirit of Open Source, and 
as you remarked, it is approved by the FSF.

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