Re: Using the GFDL properly

[Ali Abdin <ALIABDIN aucegypt edu>]

On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Henry House wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 03:44:30PM -0400, Alexander Kirillov wrote:
> > On the other hand, including the license with *every document* is
> > unrealistic. Do we really want   100 copies of GDP distributed
> > with GNOME?=20
> 
> If you will forgive my unvited entry into this discussion, I wish to point
> out that wording and spirit of the requirement seems to be to maintain a co=
> py
> of the license with each *indivisible unit* of distribution. Would not the
> requirement be fullfilled by requiring distributors' documentation packages
> to depend on a base package that contains the GFDL and to transparently
> (e.g., by a symbolic link) incorporate the copy of the GFDL provided by that
> base package into each piece of documentation?

I think it is best to do it the same way most software does it. Include 
(cut&paste) the GFDL as a _COMMENT_ into the Doc (and/or in the 
<legalnotice> tag) and have a COPYING file in the doc directory (that 
does not get installed).