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That is great information. Also, when it says "GNU Free Documentation License" does it mean that anyone can use the text for commercial purpose?


Glad you like it. But I am an electrical engineer, not a lawyer. So...

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=GNU+Free+Documentation+License&l=1


Yes, the GNU FDL was what Wikipedia was (and mostly is) licenced under.

They've shifted to a Creative Commons licence that achieves much the same thing because the GNU FDL has some awkward requirements from it's history as a software documentation licence from the pre-web era.




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