On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 05:22:56AM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: [...] > I see this as a problem because my new manual has to include false > statements on the covers. It isn't a GNU manual anymore, and the FSF > certainly doesn't publish copies. Putting "A GNU Manual" on the cover > would, I think, be a violation of Title 15, Sec. 1125(a). So, as a > consequence, I can not distribute my manual at all. > > I'm not sure I can modify GNU manuals _at all_ with those front and back > cover texts, because the moment I do, those texts are no longer true. Interesting. Do you think this may be an intended consequence? It would certainly serve to discourage forking. -- G. Branden Robinson | Humor is a rubber sword - it allows Debian GNU/Linux | you to make a point without drawing branden@debian.org | blood. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Mary Hirsch
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