From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Manual licenses Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:41:34 -0500 Message-ID: <873b32jlkx.fsf@truman.edu> Reply-To: belanger@truman.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176612119 30763 80.91.229.12 (15 Apr 2007 04:41:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:41:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: belanger@truman.edu To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 15 06:41:51 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HcwYg-0004l2-FG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:41:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hcwd7-0003d5-Rd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:46:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hcwd4-0003ci-DJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:46:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hcwd2-0003cW-RF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:46:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hcwd2-0003cT-Mz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:46:20 -0400 Original-Received: from s1.cableone.net ([24.116.0.227]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HcwYY-0004id-Gj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:41:43 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain.truman.edu (unverified [24.117.100.184]) by S1.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S1) with ESMTP id 103496242 for multiple; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:41:37 -0700 User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.97 (gnu/linux) X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 13, in=6, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.117.100.184 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:69449 Archived-At: I was looking at the documentation in the man directory, trying to figure out if a copy of the GFDL needed to be included in the Calc manual; I guess the answer is no, the manuals typically have a pointer to the copy of the GFDL in the main Emacs manual. (Such a pointer will be added to the Calc manual copyright.) But now I wonder if the GPL should be part of the individual manuals? A few other things I noticed, which may or may not be worth noting. Several manuals have old dates on the cover page. (Calc does, but I'm going to remove that.) The ERC manual is under the GFDL, but doesn't give a pointer to a copy if it in the copyright notice. A couple of manuals (dired-x, the faq) aren't under the GFDL. A couple of manuals (flymake, newsticker) don't have an "@insertcopying" line in the title page, so the copyright doesn't appear when they're processed. (I'd say the same about widget, but that doesn't have a title page.) A couple of manuals (pgg, url) have copyright notices which mention that the GFDL is included as a section, but it isn't. Jay