From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22428 invoked by alias); 9 May 2006 18:57:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 22419 invoked by uid 22791); 9 May 2006 18:57:19 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (HELO nitzan.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.20) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 09 May 2006 18:57:16 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-156-30.inter.net.il [80.230.156.30]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id DHX02445 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 9 May 2006 21:53:48 +0300 (IDT) Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 18:57:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20060509040545.GA26150@nevyn.them.org> (message from Daniel Jacobowitz on Tue, 9 May 2006 00:05:45 -0400) Subject: Re: [rfa] License clarification for observer.texi Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20060508210440.GA18323@nevyn.them.org> <20060508221835.GA20262@nevyn.them.org> <20060509040545.GA26150@nevyn.them.org> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-05/txt/msg00173.txt.bz2 > Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 00:05:45 -0400 > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > > > > I am not permitted to include GFDL documentation in the main > > > tarball, but I must include observers.texi, in order to build GDB. > > > > Why can't you simply include the generated observers.h in the main > > tarball? It has the right license. > > Because that would, in my opinion, violate at least the spirit of the > GPL. "Preferred source for modification" is not that file, but the > manual. I don't see how it would violate the spirit of the GPL. That spirit is, in a nutshell, to let users have full freedom to modify the program. By distributing observers.h you don't hamper that freedom in any way.