From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: License questions for Emacs doc files Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:22:56 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213331116 19356 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2008 04:25:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:25:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Richard Stallman To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 13 06:25:59 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 1K70rO-00051M-8M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:25:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55310 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K70qa-0001GP-E6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:25:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K70qV-0001Dj-FB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:25:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K70qU-0001DG-2g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:25:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42821 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K70qT-0001DD-UD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:25:01 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:50296) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K70qT-0002WS-Pa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:25:01 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1K70oS-0005NR-ED; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:22:56 -0400 X-Spook: cryptanalysis csystems subversive csim munitions BLU-97 X-Ran: Gqm>`*`a&'bxM}&VOysC+KPb|N3?Ghywgf+2W!j]NHTA&GIJ2m;Q\z70dE@6oE|J!L70P; X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 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:99061 Archived-At: Some license-related questions for files in the Emacs doc/ directory: 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? 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? 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? Thanks.