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Fontana told me on IRC just now:
   I hereby release them under CC0. I will assign to FSF if desired.

We briefly discussed whether Red Hat (Fontana's employer) might hold
copyright, and Fontana said:
   Red Hat is hereby CC0ing it
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@ -62,24 +62,24 @@ license, the GNU General Public License (``GNU GPL'', or sometimes just
``GPL'') -- both version 2 (``GPLv2'') and version 3 (``GPLv3'') -- and ``GPL'') -- both version 2 (``GPLv2'') and version 3 (``GPLv3'') -- and
teaches lawyers, software developers, managers and business people how to use teaches lawyers, software developers, managers and business people how to use
the GPL (and GPL'd software) successfully both as a community-building the GPL (and GPL'd software) successfully both as a community-building
``Constitution'' for a software project, or to incorporate copylefted ``Constitution'' for a software project, and to incorporate copylefted
software into a new Free Software business and in existing, successful software into a new Free Software business and in existing, successful
enterprises. enterprises.
To successfully benefit of from this part of the tutorial, readers should To successfully benefit of from this part of the tutorial, readers should
have a general familiarity with software development processes. A vague have a general familiarity with software development processes. A basic
understanding of how copyright law applies to software is also helpful. The understanding of how copyright law applies to software is also helpful. The
tutorial is of most interest to lawyers, software developers and managers who tutorial is of most interest to lawyers, software developers and managers who
run or advise software businesses that modify and/or redistribute software run or advise software businesses that modify and/or redistribute software
under terms of the GNU GPL (or who wish to do so in the future), and those under the terms of the GNU GPL (or who wish to do so in the future), and those
who wish to make use of existing GPL'd software in their enterprise. who wish to make use of existing GPL'd software in their enterprise.
Upon completion of this part of the tutorial, successful students can expect Upon completion of this part of the tutorial, successful readers can expect
to have learned the following: to have learned the following:
\begin{itemize} \begin{itemize}
\item The freedom-defending purpose of each term of the GNU GPLv2 and GPLv3. \item The freedom-defending purpose of various terms in the GNU GPLv2 and GPLv3.
\item The differences between GPLv2 and GPLv3. \item The differences between GPLv2 and GPLv3.
@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ to have learned the following:
\item How existing GPL'd software can be used in existing enterprises. \item How existing GPL'd software can be used in existing enterprises.
\item The basics of the Lesser GPLv2.1 and Lesser GPLv3, and how they \item The basics of LGPLv2.1 and LGPLv3, and how they
differs from the GPLv2 and GPLv3, respectively. differs from the GPLv2 and GPLv3, respectively.
\item The basics to begin understanding the complexities regarding \item The basics to begin understanding the complexities regarding