Call for Assistance

Lutz Horn lutz.horn at posteo.de
Tue Aug 9 13:30:41 EDT 2016


Regarding the CC-BY-NC-SA license:

Am 09.08.16 um 17:42 schrieb Reto Brunner:
> What on earth isn't "free" enough about
[...]
> It is even a viral (copy left) licence, so even a fsf member should 
> be happy

The FSF considers the CC-BY-NC to *not* be a license for free
documentation[1]:

> This license does not qualify as free, because there are restrictions
> on charging money for copies. Thus, we recommend you do not use this
> license for documentation.

Using the SA variant does not help.

Lutz

[1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#CC-BY-NC



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