From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jesse W Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1988: Making the license statement visible in the Emacs Manual Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:25:37 -0800 Message-ID: References: <200901282338.n0SNcI905573@f7.net> Reply-To: Jesse W , 1988@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233189839 13243 80.91.229.12 (29 Jan 2009 00:43:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:43:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 1988@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, rms@gnu.org To: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 29 01:45:08 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LSL1m-0003C8-31 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:45:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52202 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LSL0Q-0001Xw-LT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:43:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LSL0L-0001Wi-Ca for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:43:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LSL0K-0001Vc-8D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:43:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50767 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LSL0J-0001VF-Rv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:43:35 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:39847) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LSL0J-0002ty-5M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:43:35 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0T0hURU004437; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:43:30 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n0T0Z37P002175; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:35:03 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Jesse W Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs , owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:35:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 1988 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs,documentation X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1988-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1988.1233188820841 (code B ref 1988); Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:35:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1988) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 29 Jan 2009 00:27:00 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mx7.netwood.net (mx7.netwood.net [209.247.184.8]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0T0Qr5J000835 for <1988@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:26:54 -0800 Original-Received: from netwood.net (mail.netwood.net [209.247.184.35]) by mx7.netwood.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n0T0Qo7g073274; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:26:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jessw@netwood.net) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.248] [67.150.170.208] by netwood.net with ESMTP (SMTPD-8.22) id A7C80530; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:26:48 -0800 In-Reply-To: <200901282338.n0SNcI905573@f7.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.624) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94/8915/Wed Jan 28 11:49:32 2009 on mx7.netwood.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:43:36 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:24696 Archived-At: On Jan 28, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Karl Berry wrote: > I can imagine either: > > 1) adding @insertcopying to the Top node, which is simple but adds ~20 > lines of text (the full copying notice), or > > 2) adding just a sentence saying to look at the source for the precise > conditions, something like this: > > This manual is released under the GNU Free Documentation License. > For the full copying conditions, please view the full source for > this formatted file (e.g., @code{g*} in Info, View Source in > HTML). > > Do any of you have a preference for which way to go? Simply adding @insertcopying seems best to me, but any of the alternatives are fine. If it would help, I'd be happy to make patches for the various manuals. Jesse Weinstein