Re: License of bash manpage (Re: License details for bash-4.2)

2011-07-20 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Chet Ramey wrote: > I wrote the entire test suite except for the one file from Glen Fowler. > It is (or should be) copyright GPL3 just like the rest of the distribution. Just wanted to say thanks for the clear and quick responses. They helped. Jonathan

Re: License of bash manpage (Re: License details for bash-4.2)

2011-07-18 Thread Chet Ramey
On 7/16/11 4:21 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Chet Ramey wrote: > >> The man page copyright belongs to me -- I don't know that I ever >> assigned it to the FSF. I don't have a problem with others modifying the >> man page, and expect it under certain circumstances. For instance, if a >> distribut

Re: License of bash manpage (Re: License details for bash-4.2)

2011-07-16 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Chet Ramey wrote: > The man page copyright belongs to me -- I don't know that I ever > assigned it to the FSF. I don't have a problem with others modifying the > man page, and expect it under certain circumstances. For instance, if a > distribution modifies the startup files bash reads (e.g., to

Re: License of bash manpage (Re: License details for bash-4.2)

2011-07-16 Thread Chet Ramey
On 7/15/11 8:49 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi Chet et al, > > Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > [concerning licensing] >> Looking over bash 4.2, I have a few questions: > > After investigating a little more and testing with files removed, I'm > down to one question (though it would still be nice to c

License of bash manpage (Re: License details for bash-4.2)

2011-07-15 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Chet et al, Jonathan Nieder wrote: [concerning licensing] > Looking over bash 4.2, I have a few questions: After investigating a little more and testing with files removed, I'm down to one question (though it would still be nice to clarify the licenses of the other files mentioned): what is t

License details for bash-4.2

2011-07-14 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Adrian Bunk wrote: > /usr/share/doc/bash/copyright says: [...] > the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free > Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later [...] > The source files say: [...] >it under the terms of the GNU General Public Li