Bug#323099: License of wget.texi: suggest removal of invariant sections

2006-06-28 Thread Mauro Tortonesi
Noèl Köthe wrote: Am Montag, den 12.06.2006, 15:17 -0700 schrieb Don Armstrong: Hello Hrvoje and Mauro, I understand and agree with the reasoning behind removing the GPL as the invariant section; but why also remove the GFDL as an invariant section? That's just because having the GFDL as an

Bug#323099: License of wget.texi: suggest removal of invariant sections

2006-06-25 Thread Noèl Köthe
Am Montag, den 12.06.2006, 15:17 -0700 schrieb Don Armstrong: Hello Hrvoje and Mauro, I understand and agree with the reasoning behind removing the GPL as the invariant section; but why also remove the GFDL as an invariant section? That's just because having the GFDL as an invariant

Bug#323099: License of wget.texi: suggest removal of invariant sections

2006-06-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 09 Jun 2006, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: I understand and agree with the reasoning behind removing the GPL as the invariant section; but why also remove the GFDL as an invariant section? That's just because having the GFDL as an invariant section is a null op; the GFDL itself already requires

Bug#323099: License of wget.texi: suggest removal of invariant sections

2006-06-09 Thread Don Armstrong
Just wanted to touch bases with you again to make sure that what we are requesting was reasonably clear, and the reasoning behind it was understandable. If you have any additional questions, please let me know. Just in case it was lost, I suggest changing: Permission is granted to copy,

Bug#323099: License of wget.texi: suggest removal of invariant sections

2006-06-09 Thread Hrvoje Niksic
I understand and agree with the reasoning behind removing the GPL as the invariant section; but why also remove the GFDL as an invariant section? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#323099: License of wget.texi: suggest removal of invariant sections

2006-05-18 Thread Hrvoje Niksic
Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Summary: The issue with wget.texi is that the GNU GPL is an Invariant Section; since the GNU GPL cannot be modified anyway, this just forces gpl.texi to always be distributed with wget.texi, even when you're just distributing the manual. The GPL text

Bug#323099: License of wget.texi: suggest removal of invariant sections

2006-05-18 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 18 May 2006, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: If the point you're making is that someone might want to remove the GPL text from the manual, for example to make it shorter, I guess that's a valid concern. Yes, that's the issue. Including the text of the GPL in Wget's manual serves the purpose of

Bug#323099: License of wget.texi: suggest removal of invariant sections

2006-05-18 Thread Hrvoje Niksic
Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 18 May 2006, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: If the point you're making is that someone might want to remove the GPL text from the manual, for example to make it shorter, I guess that's a valid concern. Yes, that's the issue. I see. But that's still

Bug#323099: License of wget.texi: suggest removal of invariant sections

2006-05-18 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 18 May 2006, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 18 May 2006, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: If the point you're making is that someone might want to remove the GPL text from the manual, for example to make it shorter, I guess that's a valid concern.

Bug#323099: License of wget.texi: suggest removal of invariant sections

2006-05-18 Thread Josh Triplett
Hrvoje Niksic wrote: Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 18 May 2006, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: Including the text of the GPL in Wget's manual serves the purpose of explaining Wget's copying terms to the user. As such, it seems pertinent regardless of whether Wget is actually

Bug#323099: License of wget.texi: suggest removal of invariant sections

2006-05-17 Thread Don Armstrong
Summary: The issue with wget.texi is that the GNU GPL is an Invariant Section; since the GNU GPL cannot be modified anyway, this just forces gpl.texi to always be distributed with wget.texi, even when you're just distributing the manual. The solution is to change with the Invariant Sections