From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: license notices for README, INSTALL, NEW etc. Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:39:10 -0500 Message-ID: <87ws0ualep.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87ein3xd43.fsf@rabkins.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260460417 21673 80.91.229.12 (10 Dec 2009 15:53:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:53:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Yoni Rabkin Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 10 16:53:30 2009 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 1NIlKb-00059N-JQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:53:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54688 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NIlKb-0000v6-9o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:53:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIl6s-0006pL-4B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:39:18 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIl6n-0006k1-By for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:39:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58087 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NIl6m-0006jk-VO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:39:13 -0500 Original-Received: from pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.101]:53613) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NIl6m-0002dN-Qa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:39:13 -0500 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014216.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.216]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id nBAFdAeE032436 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:39:10 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1FBC3C071; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:39:10 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87ein3xd43.fsf@rabkins.net> (Yoni Rabkin's message of "Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:49:48 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 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:118525 Archived-At: Yoni Rabkin writes: > I volunteer for the GPL Compliance Lab > [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/index_html]. A recent email we received > was from someone who wants to use the information in the NEWS files of > GNU packages such as Emacs under the terms of the GFDL, but couldn't > because GNU/Emacs is packaged with all of those files licensed under the > terms of the GNU GPL. > > The GNU maintainers manual suggests using a permissive license for those > files > [http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#License-Notices-for-Other-Files] > (A copy of the text from the above link is included below for > convenience). > > Unless there is some reason GNU/Emacs should be distributed differently > from other GNU packages, I don't mind preparing and sending-in a patch > to modify the license notices. Sounds fine to me. Can you speak for the FSF?