Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Because the manual is also distributed in printed form. And the GPL >> is not really well-suited for publications in print: the obligation to >> provide the full source code at cost means additional obligations for >> a publisher, impacting the work flow and the price of the end result, >> even though no sane person would actually have a use for the source of >> that _particular_ publication instead of the one accompanying his copy >> of Emacs. > > To me, the non-freeness added to developers (for a fork, for > example) is more important than the inconvenience (or possible extra > costs) to publishers.
If it leaves you no sensible way to publish your own manuals, the word "freedom" seems to acquire a backward meaning. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
