How to publish a document under GPL

[A. Mani]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Rahul Sundaram
<sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> If it is a document, then it is better to choose a more appropriate
> license targeted towards content. The close equivalent for content is
> the Creative Commons Attribute Share Alike license
>
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

You have plenty of options there

> Nevertheless, if you must use GPL, the license itself has a section on
> how to apply it.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html

You cannot interpret GPL on documents easily, even if it involves
source files (for creating the document). The latest GFDL may be
suitable. As of now the CC licenses are better.

Best

A. Mani


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