From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Yoni Rabkin <yoni@rabkins.net>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: license notices for README, INSTALL, NEW etc.
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:39:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ws0ualep.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ein3xd43.fsf@rabkins.net> (Yoni Rabkin's message of "Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:49:48 +0200")
Yoni Rabkin <yoni@rabkins.net> writes:
> I volunteer for the GPL Compliance Lab
> [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/index_html]. A recent email we received
> was from someone who wants to use the information in the NEWS files of
> GNU packages such as Emacs under the terms of the GFDL, but couldn't
> because GNU/Emacs is packaged with all of those files licensed under the
> terms of the GNU GPL.
>
> The GNU maintainers manual suggests using a permissive license for those
> files
> [http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#License-Notices-for-Other-Files]
> (A copy of the text from the above link is included below for
> convenience).
>
> Unless there is some reason GNU/Emacs should be distributed differently
> from other GNU packages, I don't mind preparing and sending-in a patch
> to modify the license notices.
Sounds fine to me. Can you speak for the FSF?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-10 15:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-10 11:49 license notices for README, INSTALL, NEW etc Yoni Rabkin
2009-12-10 15:39 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2009-12-11 15:12 ` Richard Stallman
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