Hi,
I'd like to ask for clarification on the license terms for pandoc's default template files.
According to the COPYRIGHT file, pandoc's templates can be licensed under either the GPL version 2 (or any later version) or the 3-clause BSD license.
Taking these licenses literally, I've come to the conclusion that we might be required to include a copyright notice and the license text (of our choice) in the documents generated from these templates (and/or in the accompanying materials).
This would not be a problem per se, pandoc is a great and immensely useful tool, and we want to make sure we are using it in accordance with its license terms.
However, while I suppose you could interpret the license terms that way, I'm not so sure that was the intent.
For example from the 3-clause BSD license:
> 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>
> 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
I guess it boils down to whether the generated documents are considered "redistributions" of the templates.
I may be way off (not a lawyer), but perhaps others have also wondered about this, and it might even be worth adding some clarifying wording to the COPYRIGHT file.
Regards,
Julian Reich
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