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+<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays licensing copyleft" -->
+<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" -->
<title>Using GNU FDL
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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+<div class="article reduced-width">
<h2>Using GNU FDL</h2>
-<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard Stallman</a></p>
+<address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard
+Stallman</a></address>
<p>If you know someone who is writing a manual about free software,
and looking towards commercial publication, you have a chance to help
the Free Software Movement a great deal with a small amount of work:
by suggesting the idea of publishing the manual under
-the <a href="/copyleft/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation
+the <a href="/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation
License</a>.</p>
<p>Until recently, commercial book publication almost always implied a
@@ -27,7 +35,7 @@ way&mdash;IF the authors are firm about this.</p>
<p>But publishers are likely to first propose an ordinary proprietary
book. And if the authors agree, that's what it will be. So it is
essential for authors to take the lead; to say, &ldquo;We want to use
-the GNU FDL for this book&rdquo;. So when your friend mentions
+the GNU FDL for this book.&rdquo; So when your friend mentions
writing a manual, you can influence the course of events simply by
pointing out this possibility.</p>
@@ -42,7 +50,7 @@ them requires care. For example, one license is equipped with two
optional clauses that can be enabled; the license is free if neither
optional clause is used, but enabling either of them makes the book
nonfree. (See <a href="/licenses/license-list.html">
-http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html.</a>) Authors that want
+gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html</a>.) Authors that want
to publish free documentation, but using a license other than the GNU
FDL, can contact us so we can check that the license really qualifies
for free documentation.</p>
@@ -57,13 +65,15 @@ not link to other pages about nonfree software or documentation, and
should not be obnoxious about trying to persuade people to buy).
Please inform <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org">
&lt;webmasters@gnu.org&gt;</a> about such pages.</p>
+<hr class="column-limit" />
<p>See also <a href="/philosophy/free-doc.html">Free Software and Free
Manuals</a>.</p>
+</div>
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<p>Please send general FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to
@@ -81,19 +91,19 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org">&lt;webmasters@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org">
&lt;web-translators@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
- <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of
+ <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of
our web pages, see <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
README</a>. -->
Please see the <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
-README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations
of this article.</p>
</div>
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- be under CC BY-ND 3.0 US. Please do NOT change or remove this
+ be under CC BY-ND 4.0. Please do NOT change or remove this
without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first.
Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the
document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the
@@ -108,20 +118,20 @@ of this article.</p>
There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-<p>Copyright &copy; 1999 Richard M. Stallman</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 1999, 2021 Richard M. Stallman</p>
<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
-href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/">Creative
-Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
+href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative
+Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:48 $
+$Date: 2021/09/10 10:58:36 $
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</p>
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