Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>     TeX allows us to make any changes we like provided we distribute the
>     changed source as a patch file, and provided we change the name if the
>     result doesn't pass the Trip test.
>
> Yes, but my point is that the original TeX source code must be
> included in the source distribution, and you cannot change it.
>
>     This is not allowed for a GFDL manual, is it?  
>
> 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.

-Brian

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Brian T. Sniffen                                        [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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