On 21 mei 2013, at 15:34, François Pinard <pin...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> "Sebastien Vauban" <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/idocf...@public.gmane.org> > writes: > >> FMI, why is GNU GPL not applicable to the manual? > > While I would have long to say, here, I rather censor myself, mostly. > > I sometimes happen to think that the GDFL happened not so long after > Richard Stallman and I had a harsh and long dispute about the GNU tar > manual. In short, I wanted to publish it, Richard wanted that I refrain > from doing so: he expected the manual to be a source of FSF revenue. > The GDFL wording opens the door to Richard's restrictions, I am curious, what passage does make such restrictions possible, and which kinds of restrictions? - Carsten > while the > GPL, which I used, is more in the spirit of the remainder of the FSF. > > GNU tar has it own set of technical difficulties, and I hope I've been > able to put it back on track so it became maintainable again. But in > many non-technical ways, GNU tar has been an administrative nightmare. > > François >
