Re: GPL-compatible, copyleft documentation license

[Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it>]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:32:52 -0400 Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:

> Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org> writes:
[...]
> > (Whether or not this is an issue with using the GPL for manuals, I
> > have no idea.)
> 
> It isn't a big deal: you can just stick a CD with the source of the
> manual in the back (or, if you're big enough, put a written offer in).
> Technical manuals do this increasingly often *anyway*.  And it's
> really the only way to give recipients of the manual freedom with
> respect to it.

Agreed. You cannot fully exercise fundamental freedoms with only source
code printed on paper.
And the GNU GPL *is* appliable to manuals and other non-programs.

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