- Application domain: Content.
FULL TEXT
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html
COMMENTS
The GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license , which means that derivative works must be available under the same or similar license.
The creators of the license recommend that it be used "primarily for works whose purpose is instruction or reference." Its most prominent user is Wikipedia.
The GFDL is only considered compliant if
- do not use invariant sections or cover texts
- they do not include an "Acknowledgments" or "Dedications" section.
- modify the DRM restriction (section 2) to be less broad (for example, restricting the requirement that the job be available without TPM)
Please see for more information:
HOW TO APPLY
To use the GFDL, please include a copy of the full license text and the following notice in your work :
Copyright (c) [YEAR] [YOUR NAME]. Permission to copy, distribute and / or modify this document is granted under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; without invariant sections, without cover texts and without back cover. Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
