From: Eric Blake Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:01:11 +0000 (-0600) Subject: docs: relax documentation license by dropping cover text X-Git-Tag: v2.68b~52 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=00f569ae0c38b5e2997bc6194f68d4d7a9a23577;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git docs: relax documentation license by dropping cover text See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-diffutils/2011-08/msg00022.html for precedence in diffutils. The autoconf manual, as of this commit, was still barely below 400 pages. * doc/autoconf.texi (copying): Drop front- and back-cover texts. * NEWS: Document this. Reported by Brian Gough. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index b780d30f..be019f52 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2011-09-26 Eric Blake + + docs: relax documentation license by dropping cover text + * doc/autoconf.texi (copying): Drop front- and back-cover texts. + * NEWS: Document this. + Reported by Brian Gough. + 2011-09-13 Stefano Lattarini docs: signal-related bugs and incompatibilities for the shells diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c44678d8..858601a4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes. * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] +** The texinfo documentation no longer specifies "front-cover" or + "back-cover" texts, so that it may now be included in Debian's + "main" section. + ** Support for the Go programming language has been added. The new macro AC_LANG_GO sets variables GOC and GOFLAGS. diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index db414cfc..91bb50ac 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -209,15 +209,9 @@ Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software -Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts -being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover Texts as in -(a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled -``GNU Free Documentation License.'' - -(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to copy and -modify this GNU manual. Buying copies from the FSF -supports it in developing GNU and promoting software -freedom.'' +Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover texts, and +no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section +entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License.'' @end quotation @end copying