Re: Licences

Anton pointed some legal texts; these show the right on a compilation is already
granted, so there seem to be no need to reserve it.

Whether reserving this right is compatible with the LGPL or the FDL seems to me
a difficult issue; the term "mere aggregation" may not apply to the book,
especially because I think you will not just put each Wiki pages one after the
other. I guess it would be best to ask licensing-mXXj517/[email protected] or a lawyer.

But anyway, will the book be free when I'll buy it?  For example, will I be able
to photocopy a series of chapters for a friend, or for a classroom, or for a new
book I'll publish? No, because it would infrige the copyright on the
compilation. So the book is non-free.
An other example is: if all of the compilation copyright holders are dead (ie if
the publisher is bankrupt), then nobody will we able to make a 2nd edition of
the book (including the Schematics people themselves if they gave up the
compilation copyright).


Let's reconsider the O'Reilly example. Section 4 of the GFDL actually
permits "any one entity" to "add a passage of up to five words as a
Front-Cover Text, and a passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover
Text". So you now can have users release their work under the GFDL
without covers text options, and then license the book under the GFDL
with advertising for the publisher in the cover texts. That way, other
publishers willing to publish the book will have to advertise their
competitor, and the book will still be 100% free-as-in-freedom.

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Sylvain


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