From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard M Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: License questions for Emacs doc files Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:48:13 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213397442 3398 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2008 22:50:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:50:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 14 00:51:25 2008 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 1K7I71-0007TX-9s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:51:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47305 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7I6D-0007K6-IF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:50:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7I68-0007Iu-23 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:50:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7I66-0007Ii-Ts for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:50:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36528 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7I66-0007If-R4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:50:18 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:54862) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K7I66-0000TV-On for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:50:18 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1K7I45-0000Oz-3m; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:48:13 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Glenn Morris on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:22:56 -0400) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:99156 Archived-At: i) doc/emacs/gnu.texi is the GNU Manifesto, which is an invariant section of the Emacs manual. Yet at the start of gnu.texi, there is a standard GFDL license notice, which says there are no invariant sections! This is weird, isn't it? Shouldn't gnu.texi just say "say file emacs.texi for copying conditions", or perhaps have a verbatim license like etc/GNU? That certainly is incorrect. Please put just a verbatim copying license on that file. ii) doc/emac/misc/mh-e.texi is dual licensed under GPLv3+ and GFDL 1.2 (with no invariants and no cover text). Is that OK? No, it should be GFDL only. iii) Should all the doc/emac/misc/*.texi files be standardized in terms of their Invariant and Cover text sections? Most of them have no Invariant, front cover "a GNU Manual", and back cover "You have the freedom to copy and modify...". Some of them are missing the cover texts - should these be added? Yes, please do that.