citating FDL texts

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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 §51 see:
http://bundesrecht.juris.de/bundesrecht/urhg/__51.html

IANAL

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