Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> writes: > I have asked RMS about this, and he says that the [GNU FDL] license > should be present in printed versions of the document. I find it very > hard to believe that this must be the case.
That matches my understanding. It may be hard to believe that such an obnoxious intent was deliberate, but I think it is in our interests to believe it true. > It bothers me mostly for the guide, where I did spend a lot of time to > make it compact, and now something like one fifth of it is license > text. We may actually consider to re-release the guide under a > different license. Please use this as an opportunity to seriously consider relicensing the entire work (programs, documentation, etc.) of Org-mode under the same license: the GNU GPL. It does not have the special problems of the FDL, and having the whole work under the same license terms makes it simpler and clearer. > Will try to find a solution here. Wishing you fortune in coming to a good solution. -- \ “The problem with television is that the people must sit and | `\ keep their eyes glued on a screen: the average American family | _o__) hasn't time for it.” —_The New York Times_, 1939 | Ben Finney