Violation of GFDL license by databook.cz GIMP User Manual download
Hi,
we've been informed that your download of a PDF version of the GIMP user
manual, available at
http://www.databook.cz/gimp-uzivatelska-prirucka-v-ceskem-jazyce-1131,
is in violation of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
The issue is described in a message sent to the gimp-docs-list mailing
list, and is available at
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-docs-list/2012-November/msg00014.html
By imposing additional restrictions on the buyers - in particular,
denying them the right to redistribute your PDF version - you are
violating the terms of the GFDL, in particular its main concept:
"to assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it,
with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially."
To correct this problem, please do the following:
- inform people who have downloaded the document previously that they
have the right to redistribute it
If you choose to continue to publish the document, please do the following:
- publish an updated version of the PDF version without this restriction
(preferably a more up-to-date version of the document, too)
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Regards,
Michael