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Revision as of 18:03, 12 November 2008
The GNU Free Documentation License is the license created by the Free Software Foundation and the GNU Project in order to be used for software documentation.
A work licensed in this way grants all the four freedoms listed in the definition of free cultural works:
The license places some key restrictions on those freedoms:
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AttributionYou must give proper attribution to the author and retain the license notice. |
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Invariant sectionsInvariant sections are a special provision of the GFDL which, if used, prevent anyone from modifying the parts of the work which are defined as "invariant". |
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Source CodeWhen the work or part of it is generated by computation from a modifiable structured form as Source Code (e.g. textual), it must be made available to recipients of the work. |
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No DRM or TPMYou must not restrict access to the work using technical measures, or otherwise attempt to impose limitations on the freedoms above. |
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CopyleftYou must release derivative works under an identical or similar license |
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