Re: proposal for gpl module

2006-08-30 Thread Paul Eggert
"Oskar Liljeblad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was under the impression that license texts were > essentially in the public domain, but that's probably not true. Yes, it's not true. In fact, it's more the reverse. License texts themselves typically have the most-restrictive license that the

Re: proposal for gpl module

2006-08-30 Thread Eric Blake
Simon Josefsson extundo.com> writes: > I'm not sure how to best describe this. I note that the fdl module > has the same problem: > > doc/fdl.texi > ... > License: > public domain > > How about a new license 'unmodifiable license text', which we fix in > gnulib-tool to be compatible wi

Re: proposal for gpl module

2006-08-30 Thread Oskar Liljeblad
On Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 09:27, Simon Josefsson wrote: [..] > > +public domain > > This seems wrong though, the license of the GPL is: > > Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies > of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. > > I'm not sure how to

Re: proposal for gpl module

2006-08-30 Thread Simon Josefsson
"Oskar Liljeblad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I saw the fdl module, which is nice because my GNU project GMediaServer uses > fdl.texi in its documentation. It however also uses gpl.texi, which is why I > propose this module. Good idea. > +License: > +public domain This seems wrong though, the