Re: A possible GFDL compromise

[Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net>]

Joe Moore <joemoore@iegrec.org> wrote:

> Richard Stallman said:
> >    But there is a difference between the GPL-required text:
> >    ...
> >
> >    And the GFDL-required text:
> >
> > They are different, but neither of them is really short, so I think the
> > practical consequences are more or less the same.
> 
> To use one page of the GPL-licensed work required one paragraph in the
> Copyright page, the page I wanted to use, and a copy of the GPL.
> 
> To use one page of the GFDL-licensed work required one paragraph in the
> Copyright page, the page I wanted to use, and a copy of the GFDL (so far the
> same), 

Not the same so far.  As I read it, you can have the text of the FDGL as
a separate file in /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/copyright, it has to be
included in the derived work itself.

Peter