From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: License questions for Emacs doc files Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:21:58 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213367053 654 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2008 14:24:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:24:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Richard Stallman , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 13 16:24:56 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 1K7ACD-0005NI-He for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:24:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41109 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7ABP-0003wO-Dk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:23:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7ABK-0003sh-1b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:23:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7ABI-0003qf-HN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:23:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50855 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7ABI-0003qQ-BQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:23:08 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:50434) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K7ABA-0007a8-GN; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:23:00 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (vpn-132-204-232-131.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.131]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m5DEMwUD019970; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:22:58 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 2507FB4087; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:21:58 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:22:56 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered HAS_X_HELO=0, RV3037=0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:99100 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 "see > file emacs.texi for copying conditions", or perhaps have a verbatim > license like etc/GNU? Look odd, indeed. Could someone figure out what's the right thing to do here. > 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? That's perfectly fine by me. > 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? Some consistency would be good, yes. But if the manual (and the corresponding package) is also distributed separately, they may prefer a slightly different arrangement and it's good to stick to it in that case. Stefan