Re: Copyright question

[Glenn Morris]

Alan Mackenzie wrote:

> For example, in the CC Mode manual, there is a page "Sample .emacs
> file". If anyone were to copy this page into her .emacs and modify
> it (which is the whole idea), she would then have to license her
> .emacs under the GFDL before passing it on.

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html

    If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we
    recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice
    of free software license, such as the GNU General Public License,
    to permit their use in free software.