From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25482 invoked by alias); 30 Jul 2010 11:02:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 25347 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Jul 2010 11:02:32 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:02:25 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0EDB2BAC02; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:02:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 7oAkJk4L+S6W; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:02:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (nile.gnat.com [205.232.38.5]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B652BAB0A; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:02:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4C52B13D.3010609@adacore.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:02:00 -0000 From: Robert Dewar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Law CC: Richard Kenner , amylaar@spamcop.net, Joe.Buck@synopsys.com, ams@gnu.org, bkoz@redhat.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, iant@google.com, mark@codesourcery.com, richard.guenther@gmail.com, stevenb.gcc@gmail.com Subject: Re: GFDL/GPL issues References: <4BFC6EF0.4090908@codesourcery.com> <20100714172307.3687a9c4@shotwell> <4C48D2C4.5000103@codesourcery.com> <4C48D60E.3000604@codesourcery.com> <20100726175013.20b12428@shotwell> <4C4E35B8.6010301@codesourcery.com> <4C4E37FC.1060208@adacore.com> <4C4F010C.5060401@codesourcery.com> <20100727180738.GU17485@synopsys.com> <4C4F20E8.5050206@codesourcery.com> <4C509E54.6090401@codesourcery.com> <11007291247.AA02219@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <20100729101059.izswxbqku8kgkckc-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> <11007291426.AA04247@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <4C519107.4040500@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4C519107.4040500@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2010-07/txt/msg00430.txt.bz2 Jeff Law wrote: > Isn't one of the specific instances of this issue the desire to copy > some of the constraints information from the source, which would need to > go into the user manual rather than internals documentation? > > And in some cases a function index with documentation may be precisely > what the end-user needs -- think runtime libraries. These cases both seem to fall within the four-test fair use guidlines to me, and I can't imagine any of the relevant copyright holders seeing otherwise. > What's concerning is how much time we've got to spend discussing this > kind of issue rather than getting real work done, all due to a license > that is insanely controversial. I would not worry about that, people like to spend time on this kind of discussion, or they would not do it :-)