Re: removal of invariant sections

2006-06-28 Thread Noèl Köthe
Am Mittwoch, den 28.06.2006, 15:37 +0200 schrieb Mauro Tortonesi: > This patch removes the invariant status to the GPL and GFDL sections > in > the Wget documentation, as requested by our hair-splitting friends at > Debian ;-) ;) Thanks alot. -- Noèl Köthe Debian GNU/Linux, www.debian.org

Re: 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

Re: 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 invari

Re: 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 requir

Re: 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?

Re: 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, distrib

Re: 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 ac

Re: 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 con

Re: 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'

Re: 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

Re: 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 t

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 bein