Re: Permission to use portions of the recent GNU Emacs Manual

... with the electronic forms of the manuals, the GPL appears more appropriate to me. What specifically of the current form of the GFDL, as it applies electronically, do you not like? For example, I do not like the language in the license that talks of publishing printed copies. This suggests that `publisher' means only `printed copy publisher'. I would prefer to see the term `publisher' be more general. However, I do not know whether the term is necessary for legal purposes. My sense is that commercial restrictions should apply to those who publish using `non-recoverable or rivalrous resources',like spending resources to get attention, using printed paper, or stamped CDs. But I am not sure my language is right, either. (Note that technological change may decrease the cost of vehicles -- something may replace printed paper or CDs -- but nothing can reduce the cost of attention getting.) -- Robert J. Chassell bob(a)rattlesnake.com GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc