key: ldpm-1998
short_name: LDPM-1998
name: Linux Documentation Project Manifesto Template License 1998-09-21
category: Copyleft
owner: Linux Documentation Project
homepage_url: http://www.ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp_old/LDP-Manifesto.html
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-ldpm-1998
text: "This is the Linux Documentation Project ``Manifesto''\nLast Revision 21 September 1998,\
  \ by Michael K. Johnson \n\nCopyright and License\nHere is a ``boilerplate'' license you may\
  \ apply to your work. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer; feel free to have your own lawyer\
  \ review it (or your modification of it) for its applicability to your own desires. Remember\
  \ that in order for your document to be part of the LDP, you must allow unlimited reproduction\
  \ and distribution without fee.\n\nThis manual may be reproduced and distributed in whole\
  \ or in part, without fee, 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 derived work must be approved by the author in writing before distribution.\n\
  \    If you distribute this work 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\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 learners and educators.\n\nAll source\
  \ code in this document is placed under the GNU General Public License, available via anonymous\
  \ FTP from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/COPYING."