http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52207
--- Comment #3 from Samuel Bronson <naesten at gmail dot com> 2012-02-13 18:54:18 UTC --- (In reply to comment #2) > This is clearly a matter for the SC. I'd suggest they seek approval from the > FSF to > > (a) put suitable terms directly on gcc-common.texi (maybe GFDL without > invariant sections or cover texts, maybe permissive terms); > > (b) remove cover texts and invariant sections from manuals that are under 400 > pages and not published on paper by the FSF, as per the policies at > <http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices-for-Documentation.html> > that do not require such cover texts and invariant sections in that case. I'm sorry; who exactly are the SC? In any case, I expect this was just a mistake, and that the file is probably meant to be under GFDL-NIV.