From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.xemacs.beta Subject: Re: Permission to use portions of the recent GNU Emacs Manual Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:06:41 -0500 Message-ID: <20041211010641.GA21950@fencepost> References: <013b01c4df1c$b7f71c40$210110ac@NEEEEEEE> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1102727550 6545 80.91.229.6 (11 Dec 2004 01:12:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 01:12:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, xemacs-beta@xemacs.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 11 02:12:24 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ccvo8-00037v-00 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 02:12:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Ccvy6-0002zR-MJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:22:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Ccvxm-0002zL-VM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:22:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Ccvxl-0002yL-BV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:22:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Ccvxk-0002xx-Pc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:22:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CcvmO-0007mK-Gc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:10:36 -0500 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Ccvib-0005xN-Ps; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:06:41 -0500 Original-To: Ben Wing Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <013b01c4df1c$b7f71c40$210110ac@NEEEEEEE> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:30992 gmane.emacs.xemacs.beta:17392 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:30992 On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 06:59:50PM -0600, Ben Wing wrote: > Given that this manual used to be under the exact same license, and that > there are minimal differences between the two, and that XEmacs is a free > software project completely in the spirit of the "GNU Manifesto", what is > the problem? If the entire manual was made available under the GPL as well, it would sort of make using the GDFL a bit pointless, no? -Miles -- If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten. [George Carlin]