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: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:03:23 +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 1103018750 7350 80.91.229.6 (14 Dec 2004 10:05:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:05:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: xemacs-beta@xemacs.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 14 11:05:42 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 1Ce9Yr-00076l-00 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:05:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Ce9iz-0007uj-TD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:16:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Ce9hl-0007qW-Ui for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:14:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Ce9hj-0007pP-RD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:14:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Ce9hj-0007pD-F8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:14:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Ce9Ww-0005sM-Pv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:03:43 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ce9Wv-0007FI-00 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:03:41 +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 ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:03:41 +0100 Original-Received: from abraham by sheridan.dina.kvl.dk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:03:41 +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: sha1:9+7Gw0fGkxPyXrwmB85ACbXHz4w= 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:31099 gmane.emacs.xemacs.beta:17457 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31099 David Kastrup writes: > Is there some drawback that we'd have to encounter if things like the > Elisp manual were dual-licenced GPL and GFDL? I believe in general documentation for free software should be (dual) licensed with the same license as the software itself, it makes it much easier to move stuff between them. Like reusing good code comments and doc string in the manual, reusing parts of the manual as doc strings or comments, or even embedding sections from the manual in the code (like using a manual section as the basis for one of the "assistants" Lars talked about).