Re: 'fdl' vs. 'fdl-1.3': difference and/or redundant?

[Bruno Haible]

Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> okay, that means the URL bug should get fixed, right?
> Patch attached.

This cannot be applied to gnulib. It would need to be applied upstream (maybe
by Karl?).

> > There is now a notice in the module description
> >   "Don't use this module! Instead, copy the referenced license file into
> >    your version control repository."
> > [...]
> 
> That warning is exactly from where I'm coming from ... ;-)
> 
> But I thought the discussion was about that each project has to
> have all license files as physical copy in its version control,
> which means it should not copy it at bootstrap time from gnulib
> into the working tree.  It should be there after cloning a project.

The current common practice is documented in doc/licenses-texi.texi,
and that's the rationale for the notice.

Bruno