From: Richard Guenther <richard.guenther@gmail.com>
To: ams@gnu.org
Cc: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>,
bonzini@gnu.org, Joe.Buck@synopsys.com, bkoz@redhat.com,
paul_koning@dell.com, kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu,
dnovillo@google.com, dewar@adacore.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org,
iant@google.com, mark@codesourcery.com, stevenb.gcc@gmail.com
Subject: Re: GFDL/GPL issues
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:12:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTin2fp8tAboyzPF8LMyZ5+1Y2BLwf6GYnX3xddXe@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1OgkBZ-0002pZ-9C@fencepost.gnu.org>
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> wrote:
> > I have read the thread in full, and I do not see the problem with
> > keeping that info in a seperate manual; GCC has so many options
> > for various architectures and systems that I think it makes
> > technical sense to have a "Invoking GCC" manual.
>
> And what about libstdc++ API docs, which are currently quite
> difficult to cross-reference with the libstdc++ manual, and cannot
> be included in it? The API docs come from C++ sources and the
> manual from docbook sources, so texinfo has nothing to do with it.
>
> For a API reference listing document, it would make more sense to
> license the work under the GPL, is that possible?
>
> There is no rule in the GNU project that all types of documentation
> must be licensed under the GFDL. Sometimes it makes sense, good
> examples are the gccint, gcc and the emacs manual, and sometimes it
> might not like for API reference listings.
I can't see how the GFDL "makes sense" for anything.
Richard.
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2010-05-26 4:19 Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 7:25 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-05-26 15:42 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-05-26 16:03 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 18:10 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-05-26 18:27 ` Richard Kenner
2010-05-26 18:42 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 21:06 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-05-26 21:07 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 21:42 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-26 21:26 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-26 21:28 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 22:54 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-05-26 23:12 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 21:37 ` Joseph S. Myers
2010-05-27 5:10 ` Russ Allbery
2010-05-26 19:16 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-26 16:08 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-26 18:09 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-05-26 18:12 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-26 23:12 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-05-26 8:04 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-27 7:25 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-05-27 8:04 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-27 8:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-05-26 21:15 ` Matthias Klose
2010-05-26 21:42 ` Joseph S. Myers
2010-05-26 21:51 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-05-27 0:01 ` Hans-Peter Nilsson
2010-05-27 5:39 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-05-27 11:46 ` Joseph S. Myers
2010-05-27 17:20 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-05-27 22:51 ` Russ Allbery
2010-05-28 0:32 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-05-28 2:51 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-07-15 0:23 ` Benjamin Kosnik
2010-07-22 23:22 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-22 23:28 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-07-22 23:36 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-23 0:27 ` Joe Buck
2010-07-23 2:18 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-07-23 3:11 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-23 8:23 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-07-23 15:59 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-23 16:34 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-07-23 16:42 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-27 0:50 ` Benjamin Kosnik
2010-07-27 1:26 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-27 1:37 ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-27 15:54 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-27 17:41 ` Benjamin Kosnik
2010-07-27 17:45 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-27 21:20 ` Gerald Pfeifer
2010-07-27 18:08 ` Joe Buck
2010-07-27 18:09 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-27 20:25 ` Richard Guenther
2010-07-27 21:39 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-28 21:00 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-07-28 21:17 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-28 22:08 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-07-28 22:30 ` Richard Guenther
2010-07-29 7:41 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-07-29 8:36 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-07-29 8:55 ` Miles Bader
2010-07-29 9:23 ` Toon Moene
2010-07-29 12:47 ` Richard Kenner
2010-07-29 14:11 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-07-29 14:25 ` Richard Kenner
2010-07-29 14:33 ` Jeff Law
2010-07-29 14:40 ` Richard Kenner
2010-07-30 11:02 ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-30 11:01 ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-30 18:08 ` Toon Moene
2010-07-29 14:53 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-30 11:03 ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-30 14:29 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-07-30 15:54 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-07-31 0:10 ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-31 3:11 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-07-31 12:24 ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-31 0:08 ` Robert Dewar
2010-07-31 0:16 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-08-02 23:13 ` Diego Novillo
2010-08-02 23:16 ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-02 23:21 ` Diego Novillo
2010-08-02 23:23 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-08-02 23:34 ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-02 23:45 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-08-03 0:57 ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-03 2:08 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-08-03 18:46 ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-15 19:16 ` Florian Weimer
2010-08-15 16:17 ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-15 16:11 ` Florian Weimer
2010-08-15 16:19 ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-15 19:47 ` Joel Sherrill
2010-08-15 20:21 ` Florian Weimer
2010-08-16 12:10 ` Miles Bader
2010-08-17 3:19 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-08-17 3:56 ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-17 10:41 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-08-03 9:05 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-03 0:51 ` Paul Koning
2010-08-03 16:20 ` Joe Buck
2010-08-03 18:49 ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-03 21:45 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-08-15 16:17 ` Florian Weimer
2010-08-15 17:24 ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-15 16:12 ` Richard Kenner
2010-08-15 16:17 ` Florian Weimer
2010-08-15 16:16 ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-16 20:53 ` Jonathan Corbet
2010-08-03 19:58 ` Joseph S. Myers
2010-08-04 7:23 ` Benjamin Kosnik
2010-08-04 13:10 ` Diego Novillo
2010-08-04 7:21 ` Benjamin Kosnik
2010-08-04 16:46 ` Joe Buck
2010-08-04 17:35 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-08-04 18:37 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-04 18:45 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-04 18:56 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-08-04 18:59 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-04 19:02 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-04 20:03 ` Jonathan Wakely
2010-08-04 20:25 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-08-04 20:52 ` Diego Novillo
2010-08-04 21:12 ` Richard Guenther [this message]
2010-08-04 22:29 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-04 23:08 ` Joe Buck
2010-08-05 3:54 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-08-05 3:09 ` Jonathan Wakely
2010-08-04 18:48 ` Joe Buck
2010-08-04 20:42 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-08-03 18:36 ` Robert Dewar
2010-08-04 0:08 ` Miles Bader
2010-07-27 3:31 ` Miles Bader
2010-07-29 20:20 Brian Makin
2010-07-29 21:06 ` Joe Buck
2010-08-04 20:03 Brian Makin
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