The GFDL for theme documentation
This page is for designers who write documentation for their theme (install guides, tutorials, a style guide) and want others to copy and improve it. It is not legal advice.
What the Exponential documentation does
The documentation in the Exponential repository is under the GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.3 or later, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts. Its notice reads:
Copyright (C) <years> <holders>.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free
Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the
section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".The community wiki eZpedia also publishes its text under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Why use it for a theme's docs
- Readers may copy, translate and improve it, and must keep it free.
- Your pages can be combined with the Exponential documentation and with eZpedia articles under the same license.
GFDL or Creative Commons
| GFDL 1.3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
|---|---|
| Matches the Exponential documentation and eZpedia | Common on the web, shorter |
| Requires the license text to travel with copies | Requires attribution and the same license |
Either works; choose one and state it. For mixing with the Exponential documentation, the GFDL is the simpler choice.
Step by step
- Put the notice at the top or bottom of your documentation's index page, with your years and names.
- Ship the license text (
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.txt) as a file in the docs folder. - Name the documentation license in the README, separately from the code license.
Related pages
- The license of this documentation
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.