citating FDL texts
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Sun Feb 15 13:05:29 UTC 2004
Am Samstag, dem 14. Feb 2004 schrieb Stephan Uhlmann:
> I have written a text and published it under the GNU FDL. Now I was asked by
> somebody if he can use parts of that text for his diploma thesis and if that
> means that it also must be licensed under the FDL.
>
> German "Urheberrecht" allows citations, in scientific works even in larger
> portions (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zitate_und_Urheberrecht).
>
> My question now is, do the rules for derivative works nevertheless apply?
> i.e. must his thesis in which my FDL licensed text is used also be licensed
> under the FDL?
AFAIK local laws overrule the licence of the author.
For the exact wording of UrhG ยง51 see:
http://bundesrecht.juris.de/bundesrecht/urhg/__51.html
IANAL
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Andreas
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