Re: Intent to mass-file bugs: FDL/incorrect copyright files

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Joost Witteveen wrote:
[snip]
> And, BTW, how can GNU release for example gcc with info files that are 
> GFDL, while it is clearly impossible to modify the gcc source code 
> without the documentation?

This assertion is plain wrong.

> I mean, the GPL says about "source code":
> 
>   The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
>   making modifications to it.
> 
> Thus, the info files for gcc are part of gcc's source code, and should 
> be released under the GPL.
> 
> Oh, well, I'm must be missing something.

Ex falso quodlibet.


Thiemo