Re: [bug-diffutils] GFDL and invariants [was: bug: diff -r swaps the files it should check]

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake wrote:
> On 08/04/2011 10:02 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> On 08/04/11 08:49, Santiago Vila wrote:
>>> Do you need a policy for dual-licensing? I think it would be just
>>> enough that you are allowed to dual-license it
>>
>> Well, the coding standards say simply
>> "Manuals should use the GNU Free Documentation License."
>> I would have real qualms about dual-licensing with
>> Joe Random License, but it may be that the GPL is OK.
>> I'll ask.
>
> In the past, when this issue was raised, the Debian community deemed
> patches such as the following as sufficient to resolve the licensing
> qualms, and the change complied with the GNU Coding Standards:
>
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/m4.git/commit?id=ee1e92ec

Thanks, Eric.  That works for me.
I've just pushed this:

>From 789252980fa8ef3d804372cd347898aa5c2ec7fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 18:59:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: relax restriction on front-cover and back-cover texts

* doc/diffutils.texi (copying): Relax restriction on front-cover
and back-cover texts (just as m4 did here:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/m4.git/commit?id=ee1e92ec).
Reported by Santiago Vila.  Fix suggested by Eric Blake.
---
 doc/diffutils.texi |   11 +++--------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/diffutils.texi b/doc/diffutils.texi
index 4abc3fe..ee419a1 100644
--- a/doc/diffutils.texi
+++ b/doc/diffutils.texi
@@ -21,14 +21,9 @@ Software Foundation, Inc.
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
-Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,''
-and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below.  A copy of the
-license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
-License.''
-
-(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to
-copy and modify this GNU manual.  Buying copies from the FSF
-supports it in developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
+Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
+A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
address@hidden Free Documentation License.''
 @end quotation
 @end copying

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