From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Per Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.xemacs.beta Subject: Re: Permission to use portions of the recent GNU Emacs Manual Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:03:39 +0100 Organization: The Church of Emacs Message-ID: References: <878y84t52h.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1103097989 12767 80.91.229.6 (15 Dec 2004 08:06:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:06:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: xemacs-beta@xemacs.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 15 09:06:22 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CeUAv-0006qD-00 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:06:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CeUL7-0002nY-BB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:16:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CeUKH-0002L4-JV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:16:01 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CeUKF-0002KF-JI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:16:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CeUKF-0002Ip-DT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:15:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CeU8T-0001h5-4h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:03:49 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CeU8R-0005uF-00 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:03:47 +0100 Original-Received: from sheridan.dina.kvl.dk ([130.225.40.227]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:03:47 +0100 Original-Received: from abraham by sheridan.dina.kvl.dk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:03:47 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 12 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sheridan.dina.kvl.dk X-Face: +kRV2]2q}lixHkE{U)mY#+6]{AH=yN~S9@IFiOa@X6?GM|8MBp/ Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:IICSuUORcqDRJo71fDVp4RW18Vs= 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:31142 gmane.emacs.xemacs.beta:17470 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31142 "Robert J. Chassell" writes: > I do not understand you. First, the GFDL is not for code. Second, > anyone can change the body of a GFDL's work. With concepts such as "self-documenting editors", "litterate programming" and "embedded documentation", the line between documentation and code becomes blurry. At least one of those concepts should apply to Emacs :) Which to me indicate that code and documentation for free software ought to be covered by the same license.