On Tuesday 04 January 2005 07:03, Edward Peschko wrote:
1) would I be able to encorporate GNU FDL content as long as citations were given?
For all of my answers, keep in mind: This is not legal advice and I am not an expert on the discussed topic. The information I give may be incorrect or not applicable.
It is my understanding that you can use GFDL material in your work only if you release it under the GFDL or you use the fair use doctrine or the fair dealing laws. You need to contact a law consultant and ask.
This is not legal advice.
2) would this prevent said wiki being eventually merged with mediawiki (under, say wikibooks, or in its own category)?
It is my understanding that Wikimedia projects utilise the fair use doctrine of the United States, so they incorporate non-GFDL material in their GFDL works. You need to contact a law consultant and ask.
This is not legal advice.
I see that at 'http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html' they list the Free BSD license as 'compatible' with the GPL, but I'm not exactly sure what that means...\
It is my understanding that the BSDL allows sublicensing, so that's why BSDL material can be sublicensed under the GPL. But GPL does not allow sublicensing. You need to contact a law consultant and ask.
This is not legal advice.