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

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Richard Sharpe wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Ulf Lamping wrote:
>
>  
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> > 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.
>  
Yes, that's true.

Unfortunately, there seems to be some points in the license being 
questionable.

Thanks for your quick response!

Regards, ULFL