Re: [docbook] DocBook: The Definitive Guide - Copyright Problem

[Katharina Udemadu <katharina dot udemadu at web dot de>]

O'Reilly has changed the copyright after the print version of the 
Definitive Guide had been published:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/web/news/docbooklic_0901.html

Katharina

Tobias Reif wrote:
> Yann wrote:
>
>
> >   I'm mailing you because i just read the copyright on
> > http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/dbcpyright.html . I never used
> > docbook before because I thought that the reference book was NOT free,
> > as i read it at
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/docbook/chapter/book/rights.html.
> >
> > The (c) on oreilly.com says, we are NOT allowed to redistribute the
> > document; whereas, the (c) on docbook.org says the book is under FDL, 
> > wich
> > would allow me to modify and redistribute it, without the previous
> > permission of oreilly.
> >
> > Which is the correct one? Can I redistribute the oreilly reference book,
> > or not? I don't really anderstand why there are two licenses... is this a
> > mistake?
>
>
>
> IANAL, but I would think that the oreilly.com license page can not 
> revoke rights that the docbook.org license page clearly grants to you.
>
> I agree with you that the two pages should state the same.
>
> Tobi


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