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Re: Documentation generated from sources proposal
>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:
Jan> On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:13:38 +0200, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>> Sure you can. But the comment would be under the GPL. The resulting
>> manual (the GDB Internals manual, not the gdbint.texinfo source file)
>> could not be distributed under the GFDL.
Jan> I expected to start some new separate GDB Reference Manual with whatever
Jan> compliant license (therefore probably the GPLv3 one).
I imagine that the FSF would require us to GFDL any new manual.
I support this effort in general but it can't really be resolved here.
Jan> The new file format (such as gtk-doc output choices) would be difficult to
Jan> merge with existing gdbint texinfo source or its output formats.
I am purposely avoiding this discussion until the legal stuff is dealt
with :-)
Tom