Commons talk:GNU Free Documentation License

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[edit] A summay that is easy to understand?

How about a summary that explains this license in a few simple sentences for a new user? Waqas.usman 01:55, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

See w:GNU Free Documentation License for an encyclopedia article about the license. User:dbenbenn 04:12, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question regarding GNU free documentation license and photographs/images

When the GNU free documentation license is evoked in relation to photographs/images, must the text of the license be distributed with each copy of the photograph/image?

Example: I'd like to download a photograph of Franz Schubert's grave for possible reproduction in a concert program book: Am I asked to reproduce the text of the GNU free documentation license within each concert program book?

Thanks for any input on this.

The GFDL is not practical for photos and short texts, especially for printed media, because it demands that they be published along with the full text of the license. You should use an image which is licensed under a Creative Commons License or public domain. --GeorgHH 18:55, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Why on earth is this license even applied to photographs, then? 68.145.151.146 20:36, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure. But if you do wan photographs of Franz Schubert's grave under a different license, email this person for permission --Anonymous101 12:28, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Interwiki

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Please add the interwiki link [[ar:ويكيبيديا:نص رخصة جنو للوثائق الحرة]]. --Meno25 22:53, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

✓ Done --GeorgHH 18:44, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Update GFDL Version 1.3

A new Version of GFDL has been released. Now ist valid 1.3. Please take care for changes. We should Update now. see http://www.fsf.org/news/fdl-1.3-pr.html JARU (talk) 11:32, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

If this is updated to 1.3, a copy of the 1.2 text should be preserved elsewhere, and templates such as {{GFDL-1.2}} updated to point to that text instead. – Tivedshambo (talk) 10:04, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
There is no consensus to switch Commons to 1.3. MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning was changed to 1.3, but there was no consensus for that either. Superm401 - Talk 05:59, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Changeover

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Please move this page to Commons:GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.2 (or a similar title).

Please update this title's content to GFDL 1.3. See w:Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License for source.

Links to this page where version 1.2 is specifically intended (e.g. {{GFDL-1.2}}), will also need to be updated, I'll try to flag these individually if no one gets to them sooner.

Dragons flight (talk) 19:21, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

✓ Done. Thank you for your efforts. Kwj2772 (msg) 13:19, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
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