Javier Fernandez-Sanguino wrote: > Richard Moore wrote: >> That's very true, in fact there has been a long standing warning >> against the use of the GPL for documentation (which in a way this is). >> If you > > > Where? I have never seen that and there's a lot of technical > documentation GPLd. As a matter of fact, when the code is GPLd it makes > all the sense to license its documentation GPLd since there might some > instances in which you are able to change the code but _not_ change the > documentation it comes along with. I remember there being a warning of issues regarding what is a derived work of the document. Specifically issues about using non-free fonts to print them. > > One of the thing that most applies to reports generated by Nessus is the > "3. COPYING IN QUANTITY" clause. That clause only affects printed copies, and even then only if the prit run is > 100. > > I wouldn't recommended GFDL for texts since: > > a) GPL and GFDL are inherently incompatible licenses (you cannot have > both in the same thing). And NASL scripts are, foremost, GPLd, that > includes the text within them. I've no idea about that. > > b) GFDL is targeted towards complete works (books, articles and such) > and not text snippets. Many things don't really apply and might inhibit > use or make people violate it unknowingly. That is probably true. Cheers Rich. _______________________________________________ Plugins-writers mailing list Plugins-writers@private http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/plugins-writers
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