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Re: OK to distribute autoconf.texi under the GPL too?


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: OK to distribute autoconf.texi under the GPL too?
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 23:48:54 -0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux)

Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden> writes:

> The GFDL is troubling to some, however, the GPL applies to *programs*
> so it is not an appropriate license for documentation.

If we consider autoconf.texi to be part of a program that generates
the documentation, what makes the GPL inappropriate?  In what sense
does the GPL provide inadequate protection here?

> It makes more sense to adjust GFDL so it is not so controversial

I understand that's been tried, so far unsuccessfully.  I don't know
the details, though.




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