Open Source Content License (OSCL) - Other/Miscellaneous licenses

[Matthew Flaschen]

Wilson, Andrew wrote:

> Take new-BSD.  Sure, new-BSD allows you to redistribute in source
> and make modifications. So far, so good.  But, it also requires you to 
> reproduce the entire license text, including 
> THE FULL DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY IN SCREAMING ALL CAPS LIKE THIS.
> Reproducing an excerpt with attribution but sans full license
> is not allowed.
> 
> GPL has the same problem -- you are required to provide a full copy of
> GPL with each distribution of a derivative work and to mark each copy
> with a disclaimer of warranty.

This is true of GFDL as well.  You have to reproduce the full license, 
with all conditions, unless the excerpt can be considered fair use.  So 
I don't think this is really an argument for using 
documentation-specific licenses.

Matt Flaschen