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

[Edward Warnicke <hagbard@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm fine with moving the Ethereal User's Guide from GFDL to GPL.

Ed

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:48:27 +0200, Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Richard Sharpe wrote:
> 
> >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.
> >
> >
> Yes, that's true.
> 
> Unfortunately, there seems to be some points in the license being
> questionable.
> 
> Thanks for your quick response!
> 
> Regards, ULFL
> 
> 
> 
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