[Foundation-l] Wikipedia songs

Husky huskyr at gmail.com
Mon Jan 28 13:45:39 UTC 2008


lol :) I suppose it might be a very good tactic to scare off nasty
callers by reading out the full GFDL during the telephone waiting
theme!

-- Hay / Husky

On Jan 28, 2008 2:40 PM, Przykuta <przykuta at o2.pl> wrote:
> > > which i will then upload and release under a free
> > > license (which ones do you recommend in this case erik?)
> >
> > Although I'm not Erik, I'd recommend you to use some of Creative
> > Commons licenses (CC-BY or CC-BY-SA of any versions). GFDL is not very
> > good for music. Also you can release it in public domain if you like
> > to :)
> >
>
> use GFDL text as a part of Wikipedia song
>
> S P O I L E R
>
> The purpose of this License is to make a manual,
> textbook, or other functional and useful document
> "free" in the sense of freedom: to assure everyone
> the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it,
> with or without modifying it,
> either commercially or noncommercially.
>
> Always look on the bright side (site) of CC
>
> Secondarily, this License preserves for the author
> and publisher a way to get credit for their work,
> while not being considered responsible
> for modifications made by others.
>
> Always look on the bright side (site) of CC
>
> This License is a kind of "copyleft",
> which means that derivative works of the document
> must themselves be free in the same sense.
> It complements the GNU General Public License,
>  which is a copyleft license designed for free software.
>
> Always look on the bright side (site) of CC
>
> We have designed this License in order to use it
> for manuals for free software,
> because free software needs free documentation:
> a free program should come with manuals providing
> the same freedoms that the software does.
>
> Always look on the bright side (site) of CC
>
> But this License is not limited to software manuals;
> it can be used for any textual work,
> regardless of subject matter or whether
> it is published as a printed book.
> We recommend this License principally
> for works whose purpose is instruction or reference.
>
> Always look on the bright side (site) of CC
>
> This License applies to any manual or other work,
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> Such a notice grants a world-wide,
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> to use that work under the conditions stated herein.
>
> Always look on the bright side (site) of CC
>
> The "Document", below, refers to any such manual or work.
> Any member of the public is a licensee,
> and is addressed as "you".
> You accept the license if you copy,
> modify or distribute the work
> in a way requiring permission under copyright law.
>
> Always look on the bright side (site) of CC
>
> A "Modified Version" of the Document
> means any work containing the Document or a portion of it,
> either copied verbatim, or with modifications
> and/or translated into another language.
>
> Always look on the bright side (site) of CC
>
> A "Secondary Section" is a named appendix
> or a front-matter section of the Document that deals exclusively
> with the relationship of the publishers or authors
> of the Document to the Document's overall subject
> (or to related matters)
> and contains nothing that could fall directly
> within that overall subject.
>
> Always look on the bright side (site) of CC
>
> (Thus, if the Document is in part a textbook
> of mathematics, a Secondary Section may
> not explain any mathematics.)
> The relationship could be a matter
> of historical connection with the subject
> or with related matters, or of legal,
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>
> Always look on the bright side (site) of CC
>
> ....
>
> but not nc
>
> regards
>
> przykuta
>
>
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