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* License questions for Emacs doc files
@ 2008-06-13  4:22 Glenn Morris
  2008-06-13 14:21 ` Stefan Monnier
  2008-06-13 22:48 ` Richard M Stallman
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2008-06-13  4:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel; +Cc: Richard Stallman


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.




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