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Table with licenses: http://textbookrevolution.org/index.php?title=Special:Ask&offset=0&limit=500&q=%5B%5BCategory%3ABook%5D%5D&p=format%3Dbroadtable&po=%3FAut

by keenerd 17y ago

Table with licenses: http://textbookrevolution.org/index.php?title=Special:Ask&offset=0&limit=500&q=%5B%5BCategory%3ABook%5D%5D&p=format%3Dbroadtable&po=%3FAuthor%0A%3FLicense%0A http://textbookrevolution.org/index.php?title=Special:Ask&#3... So yes and no, depending on the book.

ujjwalg 17y ago
That is great information. Also, when it says "GNU Free Documentation License" does it mean that anyone can use the text for commercial purpose?
- keenerd 17y ago
  Glad you like it. But I am an electrical engineer, not a lawyer. So... http://lmgtfy.com/?q=GNU+Free+Documentation+License&l=1 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=GNU+Free+Documentation+License&l=1
- ZeroGravitas 17y ago
  Yes, the GNU FDL was what Wikipedia was (and mostly is) licenced under. They've shifted to a Creative Commons licence that achieves much the same thing because the GNU FDL has some awkward requirements from it's history as a software documentation licence from the pre-web era.