key: ldpc-1999
short_name: LDPC-1999
name: Linux Documentation Project Copying License 1999-09-30
category: Copyleft
owner: Linux Documentation Project
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-ldpc-1999
text_urls:
  - http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Licensing_and_Law/ldpc-license-1999-09-16.html
text: "Linux Documentation Project Copying License\nLast Revision: 16 September 1999\n\nPlease\
  \ read the license carefully---it is somewhat like the GNU General Public License, but there\
  \ are several conditions in it that differ from what you may be used to. If you have any questions,\
  \ please email the LDP coordinator, Guylhem Aznar.\n\nNote: All Linux Documentation Project\
  \ manuals are copyrighted by their respective authors. THEY ARE NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.\n\
  \nThe Linux Documentation Project manuals (guides) may be reproduced and distributed in whole\
  \ or in part, subject to the following conditions:\n\n    The copyright notice above and this\
  \ permission notice must be preserved complete on all complete or partial copies.\n    Any\
  \ translation or derivative work of Linux Installation and Getting Started must be approved\
  \ by the author in writing before distribution.\n    If you distribute Linux Installation\
  \ and Getting Started in part, instructions for obtaining the complete version of this manual\
  \ must be included, and a means for obtaining a complete version provided.\n    Small portions\
  \ may be reproduced as illustrations for reviews or quotes in other works without this permission\
  \ notice if proper citation is given.\n    The GNU General Public License referenced below\
  \ may be reproduced under the conditions given within it. \n\nExceptions to these rules may\
  \ be granted for academic purposes: write to the author and ask. These restrictions are here\
  \ to protect us as authors, not to restrict you as educators and learners. All source code\
  \ in Linux Installation and Getting Started is placed under the GNU General Public License,\
  \ available via anonymous FTP from the GNU archive site.\n\nPlease read the LDP Manifesto\
  \ for further information. If you are authoring a work, the Manifesto provides a sample copyright\
  \ (derived from the previous area) to utilize, if you so desire. There is also a section devoted\
  \ to Publishing LDP Manuals. If you're a publishing company interested in distributing any\
  \ of the LDP manuals, please read that particular section.\n\nIf you have any questions, please\
  \ email the LDP coordinator, Guylhem Aznar.\n"