Re: [O] GFDL

[Carsten Dominik]

On 21 mei 2013, at 15:34, François Pinard <address@hidden> wrote:

> "Sebastien Vauban" <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/address@hidden>
> writes:
> 
>> FMI, why is GNU GPL not applicable to the manual?
> 
> While I would have long to say, here, I rather censor myself, mostly.
> 
> I sometimes happen to think that the GDFL happened not so long after
> Richard Stallman and I had a harsh and long dispute about the GNU tar
> manual.  In short, I wanted to publish it, Richard wanted that I refrain
> from doing so: he expected the manual to be a source of FSF revenue.
> The GDFL wording opens the door to Richard's restrictions,

I am curious, what passage does make such restrictions
possible, and which kinds of restrictions?

- Carsten


> while the
> GPL, which I used, is more in the spirit of the remainder of the FSF.
> 
> GNU tar has it own set of technical difficulties, and I hope I've been
> able to put it back on track so it became maintainable again.  But in
> many non-technical ways, GNU tar has been an administrative nightmare.
> 
> François
>