Re: missing entity &FDLNotice; in some kde handbooks

On Thursday 14 July 2011, Burkhard Lück wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> some kde handbooks do not hav the entity &FDLNotice; and it has to be
> added.
> 
> A kde handbook should have:
> 
> 1) <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> on the front page.
> This entity is a link to this text:
> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
> under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
> or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with
> no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
> Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included here.
> And "here" is a link to the official english version of the GNU Free
> Documentation License Version 1.2
> 
> 2) &underFDL; entity in the chapter Credits and License.
> This entity expands to
> Diese Dokumentation ist unter den Bedingungen der GNU Free
> Documentation License veröffentlicht.
> And "GNU Free Documentation License" is a link to a unofficial
> translation of the GFDL in translated docbooks, if the translation
> team provides that, or like in the english docbooks to the official
> english version of GFDL 1.2.
> 
> All handbooks with a missing entity &FDLNotice; on the frontpage do
> have the &underFDL; entity in the credits chapter.
> 
> Affected are the handbooks of khelpcenter, kmail, knode, granatier,
> kollision, Kigo, kblackbox, kmahjongg, kreversi, ksquares, kajongg,
> kiriki, Shisen-Sho, katomic, kinfocenter.
> 
> From my PoV it should be no problem to add the entity FDLNotice,
> because all these handbooks already have the &underFDL; entity in
> the credts chapter.
> 
> Is that correct?

IANAL.

I don't see a problem with adding the FDLNotice since the &underFDL; 
entity clearly states that the handbooks are released under the FDL. The 
FDLNotice just further explains what this means.


Regards,
Ingo

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