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From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Copyright question
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:03:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87skvi2r3o.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080612213150.GW17024@archimedes.ucr.edu> (Don Armstrong's message of "Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:31:50 -0700")

Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> writes:

> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>> I would like to switch the copyright of the Org-mode manual to GPL.
>> Currently it is GFDL, with front/back cover texts, and I am told
>> that the Debian cannot include this in their distribution - therefore,
>> the Org-mode package in Debian is currently without Manual.
>
> You could satisfy Debian's requirements simply by making the manual
> available under the GPL in addition to the GFDL. No need to stop
> distributing it under the GFDL.

Yes, dual licencing looks like to be the easiest solution. 

Why is this not the one chosen for Emacs manual as well?

-- 
Bastien




  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-12 23:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-12 14:43 Copyright question Carsten Dominik
2008-06-12 19:30 ` David Hansen
2008-06-12 19:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-13  8:19   ` Carsten Dominik
2008-06-13  9:59     ` David Kastrup
2008-06-13 22:48     ` Richard M Stallman
2008-06-14 13:15       ` Carsten Dominik
2008-06-14 20:11         ` Don Armstrong
2008-06-15 17:55         ` Richard M Stallman
2008-06-12 19:40 ` Glenn Morris
2008-06-12 20:47   ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-06-12 20:51     ` İsmail Dönmez
2008-06-12 23:31       ` Glenn Morris
2008-06-13  8:55         ` Andreas Röhler
2008-06-13  9:44           ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-06-13  9:36             ` Miles Bader
2008-06-13 13:35               ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-13 10:35             ` Andreas Röhler
2008-06-13 11:00               ` David Kastrup
2008-06-12 21:08     ` David Kastrup
2008-06-12 21:31 ` Don Armstrong
2008-06-12 23:03   ` Bastien [this message]
2008-06-13  3:13     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-06-13  4:06 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-06-13  7:58   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-06-13  9:51   ` David Kastrup
2008-06-13  9:58   ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-06-13 22:48     ` Richard M Stallman
2008-06-14 12:03       ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-06-14 19:16         ` Glenn Morris
2008-06-14 19:28         ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-06-14 21:36         ` David Kastrup

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