Hi guys, No, this is not a mail about large-scale bugs I intend to file about packages using the FDL. It's about 'how do I relicense stuff in non-FDL licenses'.
In the past few years, I wrote some manpages and one larger document which I all licensed under the FDL. Although I did not read the FDL's text at the time, due to the fuzz I heard being made about the FDL I recently did so, and although I do not agree with all the arguments I've seen in this mailinglist's archives, I certainly do agree with some of them. As a result, I want to relicense all my FDL-licensed documents under another license (GPLv2). My question is: what's the right way to do this? If all contributors agree, can I just drop the FDL from my 'legalese' paragraphs, replacing it with a reference to the GPL, or do I have to mention the fact that previous versions were licensed under the FDL? Do I have to wait for a new update of those documents, or can I just go ahead and change the license without changing the licensed text? Any insights would be appreciated. -- Wouter Verhelst Debian GNU/Linux -- http://www.debian.org Nederlandstalige Linux-documentatie -- http://nl.linux.org "An expert can usually spot the difference between a fake charge and a full one, but there are plenty of dead experts." -- National Geographic Channel, in a documentary about large African beasts.
