[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian T. Sniffen) writes: >> The GFDL allows you to make any changes you like in the technical >> substance of the manual, just as the TeX license allows you to make >> any changes you like in the technical substance of TeX. > > This is not true. There is no way for me to create a work of free > software which is a derivative work of the Emacs Manual.
If it's software, it can easily extract the relevant parts of the manual while it's running. Think of Emacs and its Info viewer.