* Josh Triplett: > Agreed. "In the text" could imply "right next to where you differ from > the standard", which would probably be unreasonable enough to be > non-free. Without the "in the text", modifiers could simply add a > blanket notice somewhere in the distributed work saying "this has been > changed and may not match the POSIX standard", which is a reasonable > requirement.
They probably want to avoid that someone puts the markers into an nroff comment. (We could actually add the markers and provide a patched groff to hide them again.) > One other issue: does "and the nroff source is included" mean that if I > want to hand someone a printed copy of a manual page, I have to either > print the nroff source or supply it on an attached disk? This seems > onerous for physical distribution. This is what happens if you apply the GPL to documentation, and it seems to be considered acceptable. -- Current mail filters: many dial-up/DSL/cable modem hosts, and the following domains: bigpond.com, di-ve.com, fuorissimo.com, hotmail.com, jumpy.it, libero.it, netscape.net, postino.it, simplesnet.pt, spymac.com, tiscali.co.uk, tiscali.cz, tiscali.it, voila.fr, yahoo.com.
