Nathan Whitehead wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Brian Fisher <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:So what makes you think the documentation is licensed under LGPL?The documentation is included in the pygame release in the directory "docs/". All the information about licensing I have found for pygame is that it is LGPL. The LGPL file itself is in the directory "docs/". I imagine that everyone that checks in changes for pygame understands that their contribution is going to be LGPL, and this includes the documentation files.
A few years ago we made a push to get the documentation in good shape. Many people have helped since then, and I really am not sure what the license on the documentation means.
The core of the LGPL I like for the documentation is that anyone can use the docs "as-is" for any purpose. If someone releases any changes to the docs they must be available for anybody under the same terms.
Therefore, if you update the documentation as it is added to your book, the changes must be available to anyone, not just people who have purchased your product.
That still probably doesn't make much legal sense when combining the LGPL with documentation. But I believe something like this would be the intent of everyone who has contributed to the pygame documentation.