[PD] open source Pd workshops

[Marc Lavallée]

Le 26 Avril 2004 09:47, IOhannes m zmoelnig a écrit :
> i think pi was referring to the CC-licenses not to the GPL.

You're right. But the GPL is part of the CC offering.

> even though probably no-one will go to court when a free-license is
> violated, it is still important that there is some legal background .

If free software licenses are not contested, it's because they work.

> now the circulus vitiosus is, that the CC will never get "established"
> when no-one uses it because it is not "established".

We need crazy people to do it first in order to get reassured...

> the question is rather (as i understand it, and i am not an expert with
> licensing at all): can the GPL be applied to documentation (read:
> articles, manuals,...) at all ? it is not meant for this type of texts,
> that is why they have written the GFDL.

I've seen text and music licenced under the GPL, but I don't think it is 
appropriate. The GPL is a software license, and the CC recommend to use the 
GFDL. for documentation.

-- 
Marc