From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Finney Subject: Re: GFDL Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 11:02:13 +1000 Message-ID: <7wbo85qh62.fsf@benfinney.id.au> References: <878v5wwr96.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <6D1B3E63-A3F0-447E-A1F4-12F8B3156DB9@gmail.com> <513BD73C.3050704@gmail.com> <58FF2382-A0A8-47E2-BEA0-8E88542C6638@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48092) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UeayF-0005qe-Jy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 May 2013 21:02:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UeayB-0007Rs-0M for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 May 2013 21:02:31 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:49788) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UeayA-0007Rc-Q5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 May 2013 21:02:26 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ueay9-00043U-AP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2013 03:02:25 +0200 Received: from rasputin.madmonks.org ([64.150.190.16]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 03:02:25 +0200 Received: from ben+emacs by rasputin.madmonks.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 03:02:25 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Carsten Dominik writes: > I have asked RMS about this, and he says that the [GNU FDL] license > should be present in printed versions of the document. I find it very > hard to believe that this must be the case. That matches my understanding. It may be hard to believe that such an obnoxious intent was deliberate, but I think it is in our interests to believe it true. > It bothers me mostly for the guide, where I did spend a lot of time to > make it compact, and now something like one fifth of it is license > text. We may actually consider to re-release the guide under a > different license. Please use this as an opportunity to seriously consider relicensing the entire work (programs, documentation, etc.) of Org-mode under the same license: the GNU GPL. It does not have the special problems of the FDL, and having the whole work under the same license terms makes it simpler and clearer. > Will try to find a solution here. Wishing you fortune in coming to a good solution. -- \ “The problem with television is that the people must sit and | `\ keep their eyes glued on a screen: the average American family | _o__) hasn't time for it.” —_The New York Times_, 1939 | Ben Finney