Documentation
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Documentation
Documentation for software is like the Man Pages. It provides help, instructions or information about the software.
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Doc Licenses
There are various licenses used in open source projects. Generally, one form of license is used for code, and another form of license is used for documentation.
Sun Microsystems will be releasing Solaris documentation under two licenses, the Public Documenation License, v1.1 ("PDL") and The Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"). For details on these licenses and how they will be used, see OpenSolaris Documentation Licenses.
- CDDL will be used to license documentation that is delivered as part of the software packaging structure, for example, man pages and online help.
- For technical documentation in the form of manuals, Sun will use the PDL.
Other commonly used documentation licenses include the GNU Free Documentation License and the Creative Commons license.
Sweber 14:47, 19 May 2006 (PDT)
