* Ben Pfaff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * Alexandre Duret-Lutz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> > >> Eric: > >> | Is there any way you might consider dropping the > >> | Front and Back Cover Texts requirements from the manual? > >> > >> Sorry, this is the FSF policy. Not my call. > > > > Could you please point out where the FSF have made this policy? > > http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#License-Notices > > Documentation files should have license notices also. Manuals > should use the GNU Free Documentation License. Here is an example > of the license notice to use after the copyright notice. Please > adjust the list of invariant sections as appropriate for your > manual. (If there are none, then say with no invariant sections.) > See GNU Sample Texts, for a full example in a Texinfo manual. > > Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this > document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation > License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the > Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being > "GNU General Public License", with the Front-Cover Texts > being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover Texts as in > (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section > entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". > > (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You are free to copy > and modify this GNU Manual. Buying copies from GNU > Press supports the FSF in developing GNU and promoting > software freedom.'' > > If the FSF does not publish this manual on paper, then omit the > last sentence in (a) that talks about copies from GNU Press. If > the FSF is not the copyright holder, then replace FSF with the > appropriate name.
Darn. That is a *should* and not a *must*. But I'm guessing that since the copyright holder is listed as the FSF, getting this changed will basically be impossible. *Sigh*. Ok, time to pull this sucker apart. -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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