http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52207
Bug #: 52207
Summary: License on gcc/doc/include/gcc-common.texi screws up
the licenses of many other documents.
Classification: Unclassified
Product: gcc
Version: unknown
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: blocker
Priority: P3
Component: other
AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org
ReportedBy: naes...@gmail.com
gcc/doc/include/gcc-common.texi says:
@c Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
@c 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GCC manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
gcc/doc/gcc.texi says:
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
Invariant Sections being ``Funding Free Software'', the Front-Cover
Texts being (a) (see below), and with the Back-Cover Texts being (b)
(see below). A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
``GNU Free Documentation License''.
(a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is:
A GNU Manual
(b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is:
You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU
software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise
funds for GNU development.
But there are a lot of other documents that include this file, most of which do
not include the "Funding Free Software" section (and have "@copying" blocks
different from the above):
find . -type f -print0 | "xargs" -0 -e grep -nH -e '@include.*gcc-common'
./gcc/ada/gnat-style.texi:30:@include gcc-common.texi
./gcc/ada/gnat_rm.texi:37:@include gcc-common.texi
./gcc/ada/gnat_ugn.texi:124:@include gcc-common.texi
./gcc/doc/cpp.texi:9:@include gcc-common.texi
./gcc/doc/gcc.texi:25:@include gcc-common.texi
./gcc/doc/cppinternals.texi:5:@include gcc-common.texi
./gcc/doc/gccint.texi:11:@include gcc-common.texi
./gcc/doc/install.texi:10:@include gcc-common.texi
./gcc/fortran/gfc-internals.texi:6:@include gcc-common.texi
./gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi:6:@include gcc-common.texi
./gcc/java/gcj.texi:12:@include gcc-common.texi
./gcc/go/gccgo.texi:12:@include gcc-common.texi
find . -type f -print0 | "xargs" -0 -e grep -nH -e '@include.*funding'
./gcc/doc/gcc.texi:173:@include funding.texi
./gcc/doc/gccint.texi:164:@include funding.texi
./gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi:3033:@include funding.texi
and which it is therefore probably illegal for anyone but the FSF to distribute
in built form.
