Re: docs: license etc.

["J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <dm zensunni demon nl>]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 20:03:38 -0500, Alexander Kirillov wrote:
> Currently gnumeric manual carries GPL license. Are there any reasons why
> not use the FDL? GPL is not really intended for use with documentation.

Please note that there is quite a lot of controversy regarding the FDL
allowing for unmodifiable/unremovable portions of text; see the debian-legal
archives of the last few months (http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/).

Ray
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