A while back I emailed Stallman about this issue. I asked him why it wasn't better to license documentation under CC-BY-SA instead, and save the headache and unnecessary binding conditions that come with GFDL. He said it's better to use GFDL for compatibility with "our documentation" (as if GNU is the center of the universe). When I told him that one of my favorite websites, FLOSS Manuals, uses CC-BY-SA instead, he told me he felt they'd made an unwise decision. I wasn't about to argue this with him further.

CC-BY-SA is already free and copyleft. What more do you need, really?

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