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diff --git a/doc/external.doc b/doc/external.doc index e7d3bf0..994bd7f 100644 --- a/doc/external.doc +++ b/doc/external.doc @@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ reasons to not include all sources for these with every run of doxygen: linked in externally. This saves a lot of memory. <dt>Availability:<dd> For some projects that are documented with doxygen, the sources may just not be available. +<dt>Copyright issues:<dd>If the external + package and its documentation are copyright someone else, it may be + better - or even necessary - to reference it rather than include a + copy of it with your project's documentation. When the author forbids + redistribution, this is necessary. If the author requires compliance + with some license condition as a precondition of redistribution, and + you do now want to be bound by those conditions, referring to their + copy of their documentation is preferable to including a copy. + </dl> If any of the above apply, you can use doxygen's tag file mechanism. |