Re: gtk-doc documentation



Damon Chaplin wrote:

Most of GNOME uses the GFDL so I don't think you should worry too much
about it. If you want to be a bit safer, you could recreate the docs
from scratch and add "(C) Gnome Foundation". Then it should be possible
to change the license later if GNOME policy changes (even if you
disappear!).
Please don't recommend that people do this. It makes things a lot more difficult down the line. I don't know of any countries where you can transfer copyright by just putting "(C) Gnome Foundation" at the top -- it generally requires a contract, if it is possible at all (some countries just allow exclusive licensing of a copyright).

All you end up with is incorrect copyright information, which makes it much more difficult to track down the copyright holders if we want to change the license in the future.

James.



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