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  • From: Dan Frankowski <dfrankow AT cs.umn.edu>
  • To: mao AT sleepycat.com
  • Cc: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Compatibility between CC licenses and the GPL
  • Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 17:09:25 -0600

Michael,

I don't know if you ever got your question about licensing answered, but I emailed licensing AT gnu.org because I had the same sorts of questions. Dave Turner answered the same day (!), and basically said the same thing as Andrea Glorioso: bundling GPL software and non-GPL (e.g., CC licensed or whatever) non-software (e.g., documentation) is not a problem. A direct quote:

'Yep, Michael Olsen is clearly confused in that message. Merely
distributing CC-licensed documentation with GPL software is not a
problem -- there's no derivative work being created there. The GPL
permits this under the "mere aggregation" clause, and CC-SA under its
"Collective Work" clause.


Thus, sounds like you are free and clear.

Dan





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