"David Gerard" dgerard@gmail.com writes:
I have a question about the GFDL and audio recordings of GFDL text (for accessibility, podcasts, etc): how does one comply with the GFDL in an audio version of a text?
Does it really require the entire license also read out?
This question was raised during the FDL drafting process (but I don't have a reference, sorry), and never satisfactorily addressed. It's yet another area where the FDL effectively makes a work non-free for many uses, and another reason to recommend against its use.
My advice would be to convince the copyright holder to re-license the work under something more sane, like the GPL v2. That, at least, doesn't require the license terms to be included in the redistributed work.
(We've also asked licensing@fsf.org, but I was wondering if anyone has dealt with this before. Also, a response in less than three months would be useful. Also, if they answer "you should read the licence text and consult your lawyer", I swear I'm going to nuke Boston - our lawyer is Mike Godwin and he says it makes his head hurt.)
I feel your pain.