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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-GPL_incompatible_in_both_directions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#GPL_incompatible_in_both_directions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>GPL incompatible in both directions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-GPL_incompatible_in_both_directions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Burdens_when_printing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Burdens_when_printing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Burdens when printing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Burdens_when_printing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_licenses_for_free_works" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_licenses_for_free_works"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Other licenses for free works</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_licenses_for_free_works-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_projects_that_use_the_GFDL" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_projects_that_use_the_GFDL"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>List of projects that use the GFDL</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_projects_that_use_the_GFDL-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" 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interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU-FDL" title="GNU-FDL – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="GNU-FDL" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Fr%C4%93o_Gewrita_Amearcunge_L%C4%93af" title="GNU Frēo Gewrita Amearcunge Lēaf – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="GNU Frēo Gewrita Amearcunge Lēaf" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%B5%D8%A9_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A9" title="رخصة جنو للوثائق الحرة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="رخصة جنو للوثائق الحرة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_FDL" title="GNU FDL – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="GNU FDL" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8" title="গ্নু ফ্রি ডকুমেন্টেশান লাইসেন্স – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গ্নু ফ্রি ডকুমেন্টেশান লাইসেন্স" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Ch%C5%AB-i%C3%BB_B%C3%BBn-ki%C4%81%E2%81%BF_H%C3%AD-kh%C3%B3-su" title="GNU Chū-iû Bûn-kiāⁿ Hí-khó-su – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="GNU Chū-iû Bûn-kiāⁿ Hí-khó-su" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D1%86%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96_%D0%93%D0%9D%D0%A3" title="Ліцэнзія вольнай дакумэнтацыі ГНУ – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ліцэнзія вольнай дакумэнтацыі ГНУ" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B7_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%9D%D0%A3" title="Лиценз за свободна документация на ГНУ – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Лиценз за свободна документация на ГНУ" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU-ova_licenca_za_slobodnu_dokumentaciju" title="GNU-ova licenca za slobodnu dokumentaciju – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="GNU-ova licenca za slobodnu dokumentaciju" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_FDL" title="GNU FDL – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="GNU FDL" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llic%C3%A8ncia_de_documentaci%C3%B3_lliure_de_GNU" title="Llicència de documentació lliure de GNU – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Llicència de documentació lliure de GNU" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU-Lizenz_f%C3%BCr_freie_Dokumentation" title="GNU-Lizenz für freie Dokumentation – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="GNU-Lizenz für freie Dokumentation" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_FDL" title="GNU FDL – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="GNU FDL" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%8D%CE%B8%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A4%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82_GNU" title="Άδεια Ελεύθερης Τεκμηρίωσης GNU – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Άδεια Ελεύθερης Τεκμηρίωσης GNU" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licencia_de_documentaci%C3%B3n_libre_de_GNU" title="Licencia de documentación libre de GNU – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Licencia de documentación libre de GNU" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permesilo_de_GNU_por_Liberaj_Dokumentoj" title="Permesilo de GNU por Liberaj Dokumentoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Permesilo de GNU por Liberaj Dokumentoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF_%DA%AF%D9%86%D9%88" title="پروانه مستندات آزاد گنو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پروانه مستندات آزاد گنو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licence_de_documentation_libre_GNU" title="Licence de documentation libre GNU – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Licence de documentation libre GNU" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/FDL" title="GNU/FDL – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="GNU/FDL" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cead%C3%BAnas_Saorch%C3%A1ip%C3%A9is%C3%ADochta_GNU" title="Ceadúnas Saorcháipéisíochta GNU – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ceadúnas Saorcháipéisíochta GNU" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licenza_de_documentaci%C3%B3n_libre_de_GNU" title="Licenza de documentación libre de GNU – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Licenza de documentación libre de GNU" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9C%E0%AB%80_%E0%AA%8F%E0%AA%AB_%E0%AA%A1%E0%AB%80_%E0%AA%8F%E0%AA%B2_(GFDL)" title="જી એફ ડી એલ (GFDL) – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="જી એફ ડી એલ (GFDL)" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_%EC%9E%90%EC%9C%A0_%EB%AC%B8%EC%84%9C_%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%A9_%ED%97%88%EA%B0%80%EC%84%9C" title="GNU 자유 문서 사용 허가서 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="GNU 자유 문서 사용 허가서" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%86%D5%88%D5%92_%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A1%D5%BF_%D6%83%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%B2%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D6%80" title="ԳՆՈՒ ազատ փաստաթղթային արտոնագիր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="ԳՆՈՒ ազատ փաստաթղթային արտոնագիր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8" title="जीएनयू फ्री डॉक्यूमेंटेशन लाइसेंस – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जीएनयू फ्री डॉक्यूमेंटेशन लाइसेंस" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Tekst_GNU-ove_Licence_za_slobodnu_dokumentaciju" title="Wikipedija:Tekst GNU-ove Licence za slobodnu dokumentaciju – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikipedija:Tekst GNU-ove Licence za slobodnu dokumentaciju" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisensi_Dokumentasi_Bebas_GNU" title="Lisensi Dokumentasi Bebas GNU – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lisensi Dokumentasi Bebas GNU" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licentia_GNU_pro_Documentation_Libere" title="Licentia GNU pro Documentation Libere – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Licentia GNU pro Documentation Libere" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frj%C3%A1lsa_GNU-handb%C3%B3karleyfi%C3%B0" title="Frjálsa GNU-handbókarleyfið – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Frjálsa GNU-handbókarleyfið" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9_%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A9%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%95" title="הרישיון לשימוש חופשי במסמכים של גנו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הרישיון לשימוש חופשי במסמכים של גנו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL" title="GFDL – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="GFDL" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_laisvosios_dokumentacijos_licencija" title="GNU laisvosios dokumentacijos licencija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="GNU laisvosios dokumentacijos licencija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licenza_de_documentazion_libera_GNU" title="Licenza de documentazion libera GNU – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Licenza de documentazion libera GNU" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mad mw-list-item"><a href="https://mad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis%C3%A9nsi_Dokum%C3%A9ntasi_B%C3%A9bas_GNU" title="Lisénsi Dokuméntasi Bébas GNU – Madurese" lang="mad" hreflang="mad" data-title="Lisénsi Dokuméntasi Bébas GNU" data-language-autonym="Madhurâ" data-language-local-name="Madurese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Madhurâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%9D%D0%A3-%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="ГНУ-ова лиценца за слободна документација – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="ГНУ-ова лиценца за слободна документација" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%82_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A7%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF" title="ഗ്നൂ സ്വതന്ത്ര പ്രസിദ്ധീകരണാനുമതി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഗ്നൂ സ്വതന്ത്ര പ്രസിദ്ധീകരണാനുമതി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_FDL" title="GNU FDL – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="GNU FDL" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesen_Dokumentasi_Bebas_GNU" title="Lesen Dokumentasi Bebas GNU – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Lesen Dokumentasi Bebas GNU" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_C%C3%AA%CC%A4%E1%B9%B3-i%C3%B9_%C3%99ng-d%C3%A1ung_H%E1%B9%B3%CC%84-k%C5%8D%CC%A4-c%C3%A9ng" title="GNU Cê̤ṳ-iù Ùng-dáung Hṳ̄-kō̤-céng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="GNU Cê̤ṳ-iù Ùng-dáung Hṳ̄-kō̤-céng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%9D%D0%A3_%D1%87%D3%A9%D0%BB%D3%A9%D3%A9%D1%82_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%82_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B7" title="ГНУ чөлөөт баримт бичгийн лиценз – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="ГНУ чөлөөт баримт бичгийн лиценз" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU-licentie_voor_vrije_documentatie" title="GNU-licentie voor vrije documentatie – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="GNU-licentie voor vrije documentatie" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU-lisensie_veur_vri%27je_dokument%C3%A4sie" title="GNU-lisensie veur vri'je dokumentäsie – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="GNU-lisensie veur vri'je dokumentäsie" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_fri_dokumentasjonslisens" title="GNU fri dokumentasjonslisens – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="GNU fri dokumentasjonslisens" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lic%C3%A9ncia_de_documentacion_liura_GNU" title="Licéncia de documentacion liura GNU – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Licéncia de documentacion liura GNU" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU-FDL" title="GNU-FDL – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="GNU-FDL" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Liz%C3%A4nnz_f%C3%B6r_n_fr%C3%A4%C4%B3e_Dokementazjon" title="GNU Lizännz för n fräĳe Dokementazjon – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="GNU Lizännz för n fräĳe Dokementazjon" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licen%C8%9Ba_GNU_pentru_Documenta%C8%9Bie_Liber%C4%83" title="Licența GNU pentru Documentație Liberă – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Licența GNU pentru Documentație Liberă" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_FDL" title="GNU FDL – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="GNU FDL" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL" title="GFDL – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="GFDL" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="GNU Free Documentation License" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Licenza_L%C3%ACbbira_di_Ducumentazzioni" title="GNU Licenza Lìbbira di Ducumentazzioni – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="GNU Licenza Lìbbira di Ducumentazzioni" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a 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For example, the free online encyclopedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> uses the GFDL<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (coupled with the <a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons_Attribution_Share-Alike_License" class="mw-redirect" title="Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License">Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License</a>) for much of its text, excluding text that was imported from other sources after the 2009 licensing update that is only available under the Creative Commons license.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="This claim cites another Wikipedia article. 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The current state of the license is version 1.3.<sup id="cite_ref-onepoint3faq_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onepoint3faq-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 1, 2007, Wikipedia founder <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a> announced that a long period of discussion and negotiation between and amongst the Free Software Foundation, Creative Commons, the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> and others had produced a proposal supported by both the FSF and Creative Commons to modify the Free Documentation License in such a fashion as to allow the possibility for the Wikimedia Foundation to migrate the projects to the similar <a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons_Attribution_2.5" class="mw-redirect" title="Creative Commons Attribution 2.5">Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike</a> (CC BY-SA) license.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These changes were implemented on version 1.3 of the license, which includes a new provision allowing certain materials released under the (GFDL) license to be used under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license also.<sup id="cite_ref-onepoint3faq_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onepoint3faq-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conditions">Conditions</h2></div> <p>Material licensed under the current version of the license can be used for any purpose, as long as the use meets certain conditions. </p> <ul><li>All previous authors of the work must be <a href="/wiki/Attribution_(copyright)" title="Attribution (copyright)">attributed</a>.</li> <li>All changes to the work must be logged.</li> <li>All <a href="/wiki/Derivative_work" title="Derivative work">derivative works</a> must be licensed under the same license.</li> <li>The full text of the license, unmodified invariant sections as defined by the author if any, and any other added warranty disclaimers (such as a general disclaimer alerting readers that the document may not be accurate for example) and copyright notices from previous versions must be maintained.</li> <li>Technical measures such as <a href="/wiki/Digital_rights_management" title="Digital rights management">DRM</a> may not be used to control or obstruct distribution or editing of the document.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secondary_sections">Secondary sections</h3></div> <p>The license explicitly separates any kind of "Document" from "Secondary Sections", which may not be integrated with the Document, but exist as front-matter materials or appendices. 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These features were added in part to make the license more financially attractive to commercial publishers of software documentation, some of whom were consulted during the drafting of the GFDL.<sup id="cite_ref-why_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-why-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gnufaq_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnufaq-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Endorsements" sections are intended to be used in official standard documents, where the distribution of modified versions should only be permitted if they are not labeled as that standard anymore.<sup id="cite_ref-gnufaq_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnufaq-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commercial_redistribution">Commercial redistribution</h3></div><p> The GFDL requires the ability to "copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either commercially or noncommercially" and therefore is incompatible with material that excludes commercial re-use. As mentioned above, the GFDL was designed with commercial publishers in mind, as Stallman explained:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The GFDL is meant as a way to enlist commercial publishers in funding free documentation without surrendering any vital liberty. The 'cover text' feature, and certain other aspects of the license that deal with covers, title page, history, and endorsements, are included to make the license appealing to commercial publishers for books whose authors are paid.<sup id="cite_ref-why_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-why-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> Material that restricts commercial re-use is incompatible with the license and cannot be incorporated into the work. However, incorporating such restricted material may be <a href="/wiki/Fair_use" title="Fair use">fair use</a> under United States copyright law (or <a href="/wiki/Fair_dealing" title="Fair dealing">fair dealing</a> in some other countries) and does not need to be licensed to fall within the GFDL if such fair use is covered by all potential subsequent uses. One example of such liberal and commercial fair use is <a href="/wiki/Parody" title="Parody">parody</a>. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compatibility_with_Creative_Commons_licensing_terms">Compatibility with Creative Commons licensing terms</h3></div> <p>Although the two licenses work on similar copyleft principles, the GFDL is not compatible with the <a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons_licenses" class="mw-redirect" title="Creative Commons licenses">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license</a>. </p><p>However, at the request of the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-onepoint3faq_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onepoint3faq-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> version 1.3 added a time-limited section allowing specific types of websites using the GFDL to additionally offer their work under the CC BY-SA license. These exemptions allow a GFDL-based collaborative project with multiple authors to transition to the CC BY-SA 3.0 license, without first obtaining the permission of every author, if the work satisfies several conditions:<sup id="cite_ref-onepoint3faq_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onepoint3faq-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The work must have been produced on a "Massive Multiauthor Collaboration Site" (MMC), such as a public <a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">wiki</a> for example.</li> <li>If external content originally published on a MMC is present on the site, the work must have been licensed under Version 1.3 of the GNU FDL, or an earlier version but with the "or any later version" declaration, with no cover texts or invariant sections. 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The Wikimedia Foundation itself after a public referendum, invoked this process to <a href="/wiki/Dual-license" class="mw-redirect" title="Dual-license">dual-license</a> content released under the GFDL under the <a href="/wiki/CC_BY-SA" class="mw-redirect" title="CC BY-SA">CC BY-SA</a> license in June 2009, and adopted a foundation-wide attribution policy for the use of content from Wikimedia Foundation projects.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Enforcement">Enforcement</h2></div> <p>There have currently been no cases involving the GFDL in a court of law, although its sister license for software, the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a>, has been successfully enforced in such a setting.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the content of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has been plagiarized and used in violation of the GFDL by other sites, such as <a href="/wiki/Baidu_Baike" title="Baidu Baike">Baidu Baike</a>, no contributors have ever tried to bring an organization to court due to violation of the GFDL. In the case of Baidu, Wikipedia representatives asked the site and its contributors to respect the terms of the licenses and to make proper attributions.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2></div> <p>Some critics consider the GFDL a non-free license. Some reasons for this are that the GFDL allows "invariant" text which cannot be modified or removed, and that its prohibition against <a href="/wiki/Digital_rights_management" title="Digital rights management">digital rights management</a> (DRM) systems applies to valid usages, like for "private copies made and not distributed".<sup id="cite_ref-nerode2007_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nerode2007-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notably, the <a href="/wiki/Debian" title="Debian">Debian</a> project,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bushnell" title="Thomas Bushnell">Thomas Bushnell</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-lwn_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lwn-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nathanael Nerode,<sup id="cite_ref-nerode2003_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nerode2003-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Perens" title="Bruce Perens">Bruce Perens</a><sup id="cite_ref-Bruceperens2003_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bruceperens2003-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have raised objections. Bruce Perens saw the GFDL even outside the "Free Software ethos":<sup id="cite_ref-Bruceperens2003_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bruceperens2003-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"FSF, a Free Software organization, isn't being entirely true to the <a href="/wiki/Free_Software" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Software">Free Software</a> ethos while it is promoting a license that allows invariant sections to be applied to anything but the license text and attribution. [...] the GFDL isn't consistent with the ethos that FSF has promoted for 19 years."</p></blockquote> <p>In 2006, Debian developers voted to consider works licensed under the GFDL to comply with their <a href="/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Debian Free Software Guidelines">Debian Free Software Guidelines</a> provided that the invariant section clauses are not used.<sup id="cite_ref-debianresolution_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-debianresolution-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, their resolution stated that even without invariant sections, GFDL-licensed software documentation is considered to be "still not free of trouble" by the project, namely because of its incompatibility with the major free software licenses.<sup id="cite_ref-debianresolution_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-debianresolution-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Those opposed to the GFDL have recommended the use of alternative licenses such as the <a href="/wiki/BSD_License" class="mw-redirect" title="BSD License">BSD License</a> or the GNU GPL.<sup id="cite_ref-debianresolution_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-debianresolution-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/FLOSS_Manuals" title="FLOSS Manuals">FLOSS Manuals</a> foundation, an organization devoted to creating manuals for free software, decided to eschew the GFDL in favor of the GPL for its texts in 2007, citing the incompatibility between the two, difficulties in implementing the GFDL, and the fact that the GFDL "does not allow for easy duplication and modification", especially for digital documentation.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DRM_clause">DRM clause</h3></div> <p>The GNU FDL contains the statement: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>You may not use technical measures to obstruct or control the reading or further copying of the copies you make or distribute.</p></blockquote> <p>A criticism of this language is that it is too broad, because it applies to private copies made but not distributed. This means that a licensee is not allowed to save document copies "made" in a proprietary file format or using encryption. </p><p>In 2003, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Stallman" title="Richard Stallman">Richard Stallman</a> said about the above sentence on the debian-legal mailing list:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>This means that you cannot publish them under DRM systems to restrict the possessors of the copies. It isn't supposed to refer to use of encryption or file access control on your own copy. I will talk with our lawyer and see if that sentence needs to be clarified.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Invariant_sections">Invariant sections</h3></div> <p>A GNU FDL work can quickly be encumbered because a new, different title must be given and a list of previous titles must be kept. This could lead to the situation where there are a whole series of title pages, and dedications, in each and every copy of the book if it has a long lineage. These pages cannot be removed until the work enters the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> after <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> expires. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Richard_Stallman" title="Richard Stallman">Richard Stallman</a> said about invariant sections on the <i>debian-legal</i> mailing list:<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The goal of invariant sections, ever since the 80s when we first made the GNU Manifesto an invariant section in the Emacs Manual, was to make sure they could not be removed. Specifically, to make sure that distributors of Emacs that also distribute non-free software could not remove the statements of our philosophy, which they might think of doing because those statements criticize their actions.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GPL_incompatible_in_both_directions">GPL incompatible in both directions</h3></div> <p>The GNU FDL is <a href="/wiki/License_compatibility" title="License compatibility">incompatible</a> in both directions with the GPL—material under the GNU FDL cannot be put into GPL code and GPL code cannot be put into a GNU FDL manual.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the June 22–23, 2006 international GPLv3 conference in Barcelona, <a href="/wiki/Eben_Moglen" title="Eben Moglen">Eben Moglen</a> hinted that a future version of the GPL could be made suitable for documentation:<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>By expressing LGPL as just an additional permission on top of GPL we simplify our licensing landscape drastically. It's like for physics getting rid of a force, right? We just unified electro-weak, ok? The grand unified field theory still escapes us until the document licences too are just additional permissions on top of GPL. I don't know how we'll ever get there, that's gravity, it's really hard.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Burdens_when_printing">Burdens when printing</h3></div> <p>The GNU FDL requires that licensees, when printing a document covered by the license, must also include "this License, the copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies to the Document". This means that if a licensee prints out a copy of an article whose text is covered under the GNU FDL, they must also include a copyright notice and a physical printout of the GNU FDL, which is a significantly large document in itself. Worse, the same is required for the standalone use of just one (for example, Wikipedia) image.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several Wikimedia projects have over the years abandoned the use of GFDL, among them the English Wikipedia, which has relicensed the files.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wikivoyage" title="Wikivoyage">Wikivoyage</a>, a web site dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Free_content" title="Free content">free content</a> travel guides, chose not to use the GFDL from the beginning because it considers it unsuitable for short printed texts.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_licenses_for_free_works">Other licenses for free works</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons_license" title="Creative Commons license">Creative Commons license</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Design_Science_License" title="Design Science License">Design Science License</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Art_License" title="Free Art License">Free Art License</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FreeBSD_Documentation_License" title="FreeBSD Documentation License">FreeBSD Documentation License</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Content_License" title="Open Content License">Open Content License</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Game_License" title="Open Game License">Open Game License</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Publication_License" title="Open Publication License">Open Publication License</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTFPL" title="WTFPL">WTFPL</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_projects_that_use_the_GFDL">List of projects that use the GFDL</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Dynamic_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">dynamic list</a> and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. 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