From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12596 invoked by alias); 15 Aug 2010 16:11:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 12587 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Aug 2010 16:11:41 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from eggs.gnu.org (HELO eggs.gnu.org) (140.186.70.92) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:11:36 +0000 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkZEW-0001t9-VF for gcc@gcc.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:10:25 -0400 Received: from rock.gnat.com ([205.232.38.15]:56123) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkZEW-0001t4-NQ for gcc@gcc.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:10:24 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93A352BABBE; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:09:54 -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 hMgJlCh5DBPy; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:09:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (nile.gnat.com [205.232.38.5]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 830192BABBB; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:09:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4C67AEDB.8010404@adacore.com> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:16:00 -0000 From: Robert Dewar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Florian Weimer CC: Joe Buck , Paul Koning , Richard Kenner , "dnovillo@google.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: <11007291247.AA02219@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <4C5195FA.2060208@codesourcery.com> <4C52B176.7040807@adacore.com> <4C52E1C0.6090400@codesourcery.com> <4C53696B.7030801@adacore.com> <4C536B50.4010402@codesourcery.com> <11008022317.AA08984@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <20100803162022.GU17485@synopsys.com> <4C58647D.6040707@adacore.com> <87k4nss25i.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <4C67A941.2000407@adacore.com> <874oews0su.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> In-Reply-To: <874oews0su.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: 2010-08/txt/msg00239.txt.bz2 Florian Weimer wrote: > I was still referring to computer documentation, but admittedly not > reference manuals, rather works like introductory texts which have got > some sort of narrative strucuture which guides the reader. > > For reference manuals, it takes a huge amount of effort to make the > printed version as useful as a hypertext version, and most reference > manuals don't go to that length, so I don't see a reason to print them > either (as long as a there aren't licensing constraints that make > printing seem favorable). OK, I fully agree with both points. In practice the issue we are discussing here (automatic generation of documentation) is more likely to occur in the latter context.