[Firebird-docs] Public Documentation License

[Paul V. <pa...@vi...>]

Hi all,

I've put up a copy of the Public Documentation License (with a very
short introduction) here:

  http://www.firebirdsql.org/pdfmanual/pdl.pdf

Within a couple of days I will also revise the section in the
Docwriting Howto that deals with licensing, and provide clear
instructions on how to include the License and/or the License Notice
in your own docs. The DocBook source of the abovementioned PDF will
also be included in our CVS tree.

I'll contact Marcelo Lopez Ruiz and Brenden Walker and ask if they
agree to (re)publish their contributions under the PDL.

As for the Quick Start Guides, which IBPhoenix donated to the project,
Helen once said that they were to be released under the IDPL, but they
don't contain a license notice yet.

Helen: given the fact that the PDL is basically the same as the IDPL,
but better suited for docs (no talk of "executable versions",
"original code" etc.) - would IBPhoenix agree to use the PDL for the
QSGs and future contributions, or do you still prefer the IDPL? In
either case I'll take care of the license notices soon.


Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog