FSF Releases New Version of GNU Free Documentation License | Linux Today

FSF Releases New Version of GNU Free Documentation License

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 4, 2008

“Wikis often import material from a wide variety of sources,
many of which use the CC-BY-SA license,” said Brett Smith,
licensing compliance engineer at the FSF. “Wikipedia, however, uses
the GNU FDL. The incompatibility between these two licenses has
been an obstacle to moving material back and forth between these
sites. The new provision of FDL version 1.3 will give Wikipedia and
other wikis another chance to choose the licensing policies they
prefer.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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