On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:32:52 -0400 Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > (Whether or not this is an issue with using the GPL for manuals, I > > have no idea.) > > It isn't a big deal: you can just stick a CD with the source of the > manual in the back (or, if you're big enough, put a written offer in). > Technical manuals do this increasingly often *anyway*. And it's > really the only way to give recipients of the manual freedom with > respect to it.
Agreed. You cannot fully exercise fundamental freedoms with only source
code printed on paper.
And the GNU GPL *is* appliable to manuals and other non-programs.
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