odd license grant in gcc(1) manpage
Okay, I'm really puzzled by this. The source for gcc.1,
gcc/doc/invoke.texi, begins thus:
> @c Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
> @c 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
> @c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> @c This is part of the GCC manual.
> @c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
>
> @ignore
> @c man begin INCLUDE
> @include gcc-vers.texi
> @c man end
>
> @c man begin COPYRIGHT
> Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
> 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
> Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> 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 ``GNU General Public License'' and ``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 gfdl(7) man page.
>
> (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.
> @c man end
But the @copying block in gcc.texi says:
> @copying
> Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
> 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
> 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> 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.
> @end copying
... Notice how the one in invoke.texi has an additional invariant
section? What's up with this?
License confusion (was: Re: odd license grant in gcc(1) manpage)
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Joseph S. Myers
wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2012, Samuel Bronson wrote:
>
>> ... Notice how the one in invoke.texi has an additional invariant
>> section? What's up with this?
>
> It looks like Ralf's 2008-07-30 commit (r138293) omitted to change
> invoke.texi.
That would certainly explain that.
I ran into a couple of other oddities in trying to prepare a DEP5
debian/copyright <http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5> file for
gcc-X.Y-doc-non-dfsg (which you can see at
<https://github.com/SamB/debian-gcc-doc/blob/debian/4.6/debian/copyright>).
For some reason, I reported on bugzilla instead of asking about them.
Anyone have any light to shed on those?
Bug 52204 <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52204>:
libiberty/at-file.texi has no copyright or license statement whatsoever
Here is the entirety of the file:
>8
@c This file is designed to be included in manuals that use
@c expandargv.
@item @@@var{file}
Read command-line options from @var{file}. The options read are
inserted in place of the original @@@var{file} option. If @var{file}
does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated
literally, and not removed.
Options in @var{file} are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a
backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be included
with a backslash. The @var{file} may itself contain additional
@@@var{file} options; any such options will be processed recursively.
>8
And all relevant ChangeLog entries:
2005-10-07 Mark Mitchell
* at-file.texi: Fix typo.
2005-10-03 Mark Mitchell
* at-file.texi: New file.
Bug 52207 <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52207>
License on gcc/doc/include/gcc-common.texi screws up the licenses of
many other documents.
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.
