autoconf patch to switch manual to the GNU FDL

[Paul Eggert]

Here's a proposed patch to change the autoconf manual so that it is
distributed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.

2001-08-11  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * NEWS: The autoconf manual now is distributed under the terms
        of the GNU Free Documentation License.

        * doc/autoconf.texi: Switch from old style copyright notice to FDL.
        Add an appendix "Copying This Manual" for the FDL.

        * doc/fdl.texi: New file, from
        <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.texi>.

        * doc/Makefile.am (autoconf_TEXINFOS): Add fdl.texi.

--- ../autoconf-2.52b/NEWS      Wed Aug  1 09:33:11 2001
+++ ./NEWS      Sat Aug 11 18:22:36 2001
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 * Major changes in Autoconf 2.52b                       -*- outline -*-
+** Licensing
+  The autoconf manual is now distributed under the terms of the GNU FDL.
 ** Requirements
   Perl 5.005 is now required to run Autoconf.
 ** autom4te
--- doc/autoconf.texi-1.498     Sat Aug 11 01:32:30 2001
+++ doc/autoconf.texi   Sun Aug 12 01:08:02 2001
@@ -58,26 +58,13 @@
 Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free
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-Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the
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-identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph (this
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-Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
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-except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation
-approved by the Foundation.
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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+or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
+with no Invariant Sections, with no
+Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
+A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
+Free Documentation License''.
 @end ifinfo
 
 @titlepage
@@ -93,19 +80,13 @@
 Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000,
 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
-manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
-preserved on all copies.
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-Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
-manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the
-entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
-permission notice identical to this one.
-
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
-into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
-except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation
-approved by the Foundation.
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
+or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
+with no Invariant Sections, with no
+Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
+A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
+Free Documentation License''.
 @end titlepage
 
 @c Define an environment variable index.
@@ -150,6 +131,7 @@
 * Obsolete Constructs::         Kept for backward compatibility
 * Questions::                   Questions about Autoconf, with answers
 * History::                     History of Autoconf
+* Copying This Manual::         How to make copies of this manual
 * Environment Variable Index::  Index of environment variables used
 * Output Variable Index::       Index of variables set in output files
 * Preprocessor Symbol Index::   Index of C preprocessor symbols defined
@@ -408,6 +390,10 @@
 * Numbers::                     Growth and contributors
 * Deuteronomy::                 Approaching the promises of easy configuration
 
+Copying This Manual
+
+* GNU Free Documentation License::  License for copying this manual
+
 @end detailmenu
 @end menu
 
@@ -11172,7 +11158,7 @@
 
 @c ===================================================== History of Autoconf.
 
address@hidden History, Environment Variable Index, Questions, Top
address@hidden History, Copying This Manual, Questions, Top
 @chapter History of Autoconf
 
 You may be wondering, Why was Autoconf originally written?  How did it
@@ -11378,7 +11364,16 @@
 
 @c ========================================================== Appendices
 
address@hidden Environment Variable Index, Output Variable Index, History, Top
address@hidden Copying This Manual, Environment Variable Index, History, Top
address@hidden Copying This Manual
+
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+* GNU Free Documentation License::  License for copying this manual
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+
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+
address@hidden Environment Variable Index, Output Variable Index, Copying This 
Manual, Top
 @unnumbered Environment Variable Index
 
 This is an alphabetical list of the environment variables that Autoconf
--- /dev/null   Sun Aug 12 01:08:20 2001
+++ doc/fdl.texi        Sun Jul 15 11:55:07 2001
@@ -0,0 +1,403 @@
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+  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
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--- ../autoconf-2.52b/doc/Makefile.am   Mon Jun 18 17:48:45 2001
+++ doc/Makefile.am     Sat Aug 11 18:36:50 2001
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 TEXI2HTML = texi2html
 
 info_TEXINFOS = autoconf.texi standards.texi
-autoconf_TEXINFOS = install.texi
+autoconf_TEXINFOS = fdl.texi install.texi
 standards_TEXINFOS = make-stds.texi
 
 # Files from texi2dvi that should be removed, but which Automake does