> 2. The main feature of the GPL are mechanisms to ensure that "the
> preferred form for making modifications to the work" will always
> be available to everyone who gets a copy. The license in the
> manual explicitly allows distribution of hardcopies without
> also distributing the .texi source.
That is a second license intended to make an exception for the case of
printed manuals and texinfo output. It's entirely absurd to suppose that
FSF would distribute a manual with technical content that could not be
changed.
| ... It is also no problem to ... have entire sections that may not be
| deleted or changed, as long as these sections deal with nontechnical
| topics. (Some GNU manuals have them.)
This is because many of the manuals include the GPL by reference. The text
of the GPL itself is not under the GPL.
Thanks
Bruce
