From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois_Pinard?= Subject: Re: GFDL Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 09:34:07 -0400 Message-ID: <86r4h0h2y8.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> References: <878v5wwr96.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <6D1B3E63-A3F0-447E-A1F4-12F8B3156DB9@gmail.com> <513BD73C.3050704@gmail.com> <58FF2382-A0A8-47E2-BEA0-8E88542C6638@gmail.com> <7wbo85qh62.fsf@benfinney.id.au> <87vc6ceigf.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <86ppwkij9r.fsf@somewhere.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44508) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uemhe-0004rM-Sy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2013 09:34:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uemhc-0005I0-US for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2013 09:34:10 -0400 Received: from 206-248-137-202.dsl.teksavvy.com ([206.248.137.202]:50651 helo=mercure.bureau.ubity.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uemhc-0005Hp-Ls for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2013 09:34:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <86ppwkij9r.fsf@somewhere.org> (Sebastien Vauban's message of "Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:16 +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 "Sebastien Vauban" writes: > FMI, why is GNU GPL not applicable to the manual? While I would have long to say, here, I rather censor myself, mostly. I sometimes happen to think that the GDFL happened not so long after Richard Stallman and I had a harsh and long dispute about the GNU tar manual. In short, I wanted to publish it, Richard wanted that I refrain from doing so: he expected the manual to be a source of FSF revenue. The GDFL wording opens the door to Richard's restrictions, while the GPL, which I used, is more in the spirit of the remainder of the FSF. GNU tar has it own set of technical difficulties, and I hope I've been able to put it back on track so it became maintainable again. But in many non-technical ways, GNU tar has been an administrative nightmare. Fran=C3=A7ois