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Re: [pygame] pygame documentation license



I'm not a license expert (intentionally), but I'm not not sure the LGPL makes much sense as a documentation license since you can't really link to documentation (not in the binary linking sense anyway, web links notwithstanding). So the distinction between LGPL and GPL for documentation is not obvious to me.

As for how appropriate it is, I think that really depends on the temperament of the authors and contributors to the original docs and how they feel about it. If they're ok with it, then that's really what matters IMO.

I'm sure if you were willing to contribute an improved version back to the community, that would go a long way toward making folks feel good about it.

-Casey

On May 21, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Nathan Whitehead wrote:

I would like to include a quick reference to pygame functions in an
appendix of my book.  Would it be permissible to use the documentation
of pygame for this (reformatted and possibly reorganized)?

It appears the documentation is LGPL.  The source code of the appendix
would appear on the book's website (LaTeX source).  The entire book
would not be LGPL.  Some chapters will appear for free on the website,
others will not.  I think this would be OK, but I'm not a license
expert.  Any thoughts?  Apart from legalities, would that be
appropriate?
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Nathan Whitehead
deadpixelpress.com