From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: doc license section Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:30:06 +1000 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <873cai3vg1.fsf@zip.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074132046 11958 80.91.224.253 (15 Jan 2004 02:00:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 02:00:46 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 15 03:00:41 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AgwoK-00020C-00 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 03:00:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Agwi0-0002Tb-MX for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:54:08 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Agw11-0001pI-Q9 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:09:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Agvaq-0005hD-Tj for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:43:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [61.8.0.36] (helo=snoopy.pacific.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AgvP3-00048I-T5 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:30:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mongrel.pacific.net.au (mongrel.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.107]) by snoopy.pacific.net.au (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id i0F0UG92027922 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:30:16 +1100 Original-Received: from localhost (ppp249.dyn11.pacific.net.au [61.8.11.249]) by mongrel.pacific.net.au (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id i0F0UFha024915 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:30:15 +1100 Original-Received: from gg by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AgvOi-0006fX-00; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:30:08 +1000 Original-To: guile-devel@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3213 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3213 I wonder if the guile license section in the manual could say a little more about the terms guile is published on. For a start I think it ought to mention the readline module is gpl rather than lgpl. I'm thinking of something like below. Perhaps with a few more words about what free software means, and/or about source code availablity. The one-liners about what the terms mean in practice to applications might want to be run past an expert, perhaps even rms. Might be worth thinking about GFDL for the manuals, while on the subject of licenses. The Guile License ***************** Guile is Free Software. Guile is copyrighted, not public domain, and there are restrictions on its distribution or redistribution, but these restrictions are designed to permit everything a cooperating person would want to do. * The Guile library (libguile) and supporting files are published under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1. See the file `COPYING.LIB'. * The Guile readline module is published under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. See the file `COPYING'. * The manual you're now reading is published under terms described at the start of the document (*note Top::). Basically you can give or sell copies of Guile to anyone, with or without modifications, but you may not deprive others of these same rights, and must clearly identify any modifications. C code linking to the Guile library is subject to terms of that library. Basically such code may be published on any terms, provided users can re-link against a new or modified version of Guile. C code linking to the Guile readline module is subject to the terms of that module. Basically such code must be published on Free terms. Scheme level code written to be run by Guile (but not derived from the Guile sources) is not resticted in any way, and may be published on any terms. We encourage authors to publish on Free terms. You must be aware there is no warranty whatsoever for Guile. This is described in full in the license terms. _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel