Public Documentation License

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The Public Documentation License (PDL) was drafted by Sun Microsystems for the documentation of OpenOffice.org and may be used. a. also used for Firebird . It defines the same rights and restrictions as the Mozilla Public License (MPL) but is primarily focused on documentation, while the MPL is very related to software.

It does not meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines and is therefore considered a non-free license by Debian.

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Individual evidence

  1. Henning Makholm, debian-legal: “ Re: Opinion on the PDL? "