Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Change the User's Guide license from GFDL to GPL?

[Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Ulf Lamping wrote:

> Hi List!
>
> As the GFDL has some problems being seen as not really a free license
> (e.g. by the Debian project see's it that way, as far as I understand
> it), I'm thinking about changing the license of the User's Guide from
> GFDL to GPL.
>
> Any of the former authors of the User's Guide having any objections for
> or against changing the license?
>
> Or is the license intentionally used for some reason I just don't see?
>
> If you are one of the former authors of the User's Guide, please give
> response in any case, if it's ok for you or not, as I need an ok from
> any former author about this change.

I don't have a problem with that. I think I chose the GFDL as it seemed
more appropriate, somehow, to documentation.

Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]richardsharpe.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com