* bug#7175: 23.2; Reference to "Emacs General Public License" in man page
@ 2010-10-08 10:04 Ulrich Mueller
2010-10-09 0:38 ` Glenn Morris
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ulrich Mueller @ 2010-10-08 10:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 7175
The emacs.1 man page still mentions an "Emacs General Public License".
This looks like a relic from Emacs 18 (or earlier) times.
Patch is included below. This is against 23.2, but should apply to the
current bzr trunk too.
2010-10-08 Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>
* emacs.1: Update reference to GPL.
--- doc/man/emacs.1~
+++ doc/man/emacs.1
@@ -595,10 +595,7 @@
.I Emacs
is free; anyone may redistribute copies of
.I Emacs
-to
-anyone under the terms stated in the
-.I Emacs
-General Public License,
+to anyone under the terms stated in the GNU General Public License,
a copy of which accompanies each copy of
.I Emacs
and which also
@@ -610,7 +607,7 @@
but it is never included in the scope of any license covering those
systems.
Such inclusion violates the terms on which distribution is permitted.
-In fact, the primary purpose of the General Public License is to
+In fact, the primary purpose of the GNU General Public License is to
prohibit anyone from attaching any other restrictions to
redistribution of
.IR Emacs .
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* bug#7175: 23.2; Reference to "Emacs General Public License" in man page
2010-10-08 10:04 bug#7175: 23.2; Reference to "Emacs General Public License" in man page Ulrich Mueller
@ 2010-10-09 0:38 ` Glenn Morris
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From: Glenn Morris @ 2010-10-09 0:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 7175-done
Huh, that's an old one. Thanks.
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