Re: LyX and DocBook: Permission to include parts of LyX Documentation

2005-03-03 Thread Angus Leeming
Chris Karakas wrote: > So either the User Guide is NOT GPL, by force of the missing Disclaimer > as argued above, or if it is, I will have to change from the GFDL to GPL > if I include some pieces of it in my software...er, documentation. > > Is this what the authors of the User Guide intended? Ha

Re: LyX and DocBook: Permission to include parts of LyX Documentation

2005-03-02 Thread Chris Karakas
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 02.03.05 19:05:33: > > Chris Karakas wrote: > > > > Now the LyX User's Guide does NOT contain the Disclaimer > > This can be added. Use a comment environment or a note inset (depending on > your version of LyX). > I know, but the Disclaimer is not

Re: LyX and DocBook: Permission to include parts of LyX Documentation

2005-03-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Chris Karakas wrote: > GPL you say? Now if only someone could assure me that the statement > > "GPL is compatible with GFDL" > > holds true...sigh. I am afraid, if you take it up to the letter, they are > NOT. > > For a piece of code (say, a .lyx file containing the documentation) to be > under

Re: LyX and DocBook: Permission to include parts of LyX Documentation

2005-03-02 Thread Chris Karakas
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 02.03.05 16:41:25: > > Chris Karakas wrote: > > > Am I allowed to do it? > > Yes, so long as your licence is compatible with the GPL. Thanks for answering! GPL you say? Now if only someone could assure me that the statement "GPL is compatible with

Re: LyX and DocBook: Permission to include parts of LyX Documentation

2005-03-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Chris Karakas wrote: > Am I allowed to do it? Yes, so long as your licence is compatible with the GPL. > Who decides? What is the licence of the LyX User Guide? GPL. LyX has one licence only ATM. -- Angus