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author | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2002-01-03 05:40:50 +0000 |
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committer | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2002-01-03 05:40:50 +0000 |
commit | 16c052ad31f07fb2c2bf06d7565d3c9051b6a225 (patch) | |
tree | d1ce8c67ca0513f1eaaf865bbee042fe7e300b45 | |
parent | c819cbe5d31176dbc1ee69d102e2c68531871a08 (diff) | |
download | binutils-gdb-16c052ad31f07fb2c2bf06d7565d3c9051b6a225.tar.gz |
Fix copyright notice problems in 5.1.
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 19 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/annotate.texi | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 104 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/libgdb.texinfo | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo | 14 |
6 files changed, 133 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index f632be8a775..f06bbcc843d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,21 @@ -Wed Aug 15 10:47:28 2001 Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> +2002-01-02 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> + + * gdb.texinfo (Free Software): Fix wording. + +2001-12-31 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> + + * gdb.texinfo (Free Software): New section ``Free Software Needs + Free Documentation''. + +2001-12-30 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> + + * stabs.texinfo: + * gdb.texinfo: + * gdbint.texinfo: + * libgdb.texinfo: + * annotate.texi: Fix the application of GFDL in the Copyright notice. + +2001-08-15 Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> * gdbint.texinfo: Add a cautionary note about macro use. diff --git a/gdb/doc/annotate.texi b/gdb/doc/annotate.texi index 0d7e1177543..59d599b5ff4 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/annotate.texi +++ b/gdb/doc/annotate.texi @@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ @c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document @c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or -@c any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the -@c Invariant Sections being ``Annotations Overview'' and ``Source -@c Annotations'', with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' +@c any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no +@c Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' @c and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. @c (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index d5f09e93a26..c118a18fb1e 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ @set EDITION Ninth @c !!set GDB manual's revision date -@set DATE April 2001 +@set DATE December 2001 @c THIS MANUAL REQUIRES TEXINFO 3.12 OR LATER. @@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ Copyright (C) 1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1998,1999,2000,2001 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the -Invariant Sections being ``A Sample GDB Session'' and ``Free -Software'', with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and -with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. +Invariant Sections being ``Free Software'' and ``Free Software Needs +Free Documentation'', with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' +and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free @@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ ISBN 1-882114-77-9 @* Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the -Invariant Sections being ``A Sample GDB Session'' and ``Free -Software'', with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and -with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. +Invariant Sections being ``Free Software'' and ``Free Software Needs +Free Documentation'', with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' +and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free @@ -273,6 +273,96 @@ Fundamentally, the General Public License is a license which says that you have these freedoms and that you cannot take these freedoms away from anyone else. +@unnumberedsec Free Software Needs Free Documentation + +The biggest deficiency in the free software community today is not in +the software---it is the lack of good free documentation that we can +include with the free software. Many of our most important +programs do not come with free reference manuals and free introductory +texts. Documentation is an essential part of any software package; +when an important free software package does not come with a free +manual and a free tutorial, that is a major gap. We have many such +gaps today. + +Consider Perl, for instance. The tutorial manuals that people +normally use are non-free. How did this come about? Because the +authors of those manuals published them with restrictive terms---no +copying, no modification, source files not available---which exclude +them from the free software world. + +That wasn't the first time this sort of thing happened, and it was far +from the last. Many times we have heard a GNU user eagerly describe a +manual that he is writing, his intended contribution to the community, +only to learn that he had ruined everything by signing a publication +contract to make it non-free. + +Free documentation, like free software, is a matter of freedom, not +price. The problem with the non-free manual is not that publishers +charge a price for printed copies---that in itself is fine. (The Free +Software Foundation sells printed copies of manuals, too.) The +problem is the restrictions on the use of the manual. Free manuals +are available in source code form, and give you permission to copy and +modify. Non-free manuals do not allow this. + +The criteria of freedom for a free manual are roughly the same as for +free software. Redistribution (including the normal kinds of +commercial redistribution) must be permitted, so that the manual can +accompany every copy of the program, both on-line and on paper. + +Permission for modification of the technical content is crucial too. +When people modify the software, adding or changing features, if they +are conscientious they will change the manual too---so they can +provide accurate and clear documentation for the modified program. A +manual that leaves you no choice but to write a new manual to document +a changed version of the program is not really available to our +community. + +Some kinds of limits on the way modification is handled are +acceptable. For example, requirements to preserve the original +author's copyright notice, the distribution terms, or the list of +authors, are ok. It is also no problem to require modified versions +to include notice that they were modified. Even entire sections that +may not be deleted or changed are acceptable, as long as they deal +with nontechnical topics (like this one). These kinds of restrictions +are acceptable because they don't obstruct the community's normal use +of the manual. + +However, it must be possible to modify all the @emph{technical} +content of the manual, and then distribute the result in all the usual +media, through all the usual channels. Otherwise, the restrictions +obstruct the use of the manual, it is not free, and we need another +manual to replace it. + +Please spread the word about this issue. Our community continues to +lose manuals to proprietary publishing. If we spread the word that +free software needs free reference manuals and free tutorials, perhaps +the next person who wants to contribute by writing documentation will +realize, before it is too late, that only free manuals contribute to +the free software community. + +If you are writing documentation, please insist on publishing it under +the GNU Free Documentation License or another free documentation +license. Remember that this decision requires your approval---you +don't have to let the publisher decide. Some commercial publishers +will use a free license if you insist, but they will not propose the +option; it is up to you to raise the issue and say firmly that this is +what you want. If the publisher you are dealing with refuses, please +try other publishers. If you're not sure whether a proposed license +is free, write to @email{licensing@@gnu.org}. + +You can encourage commercial publishers to sell more free, copylefted +manuals and tutorials by buying them, and particularly by buying +copies from the publishers that paid for their writing or for major +improvements. Meanwhile, try to avoid buying non-free documentation +at all. Check the distribution terms of a manual before you buy it, +and insist that whoever seeks your business must respect your freedom. +Check the history of the book, and try to reward the publishers that +have paid or pay the authors to work on it. + +The Free Software Foundation maintains a list of free documentation +published by other publishers, at +@url{http://www.fsf.org/doc/other-free-books.html}. + @node Contributors @unnumberedsec Contributors to @value{GDBN} diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo index 914ebf4915f..87ba6e50d85 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo @@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ Second Edition by Stan Shebs. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the -Invariant Sections being ``Algorithms'' and ``Porting GDB'', with the -Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover -Texts as in (a) below. +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no +Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' +and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free @@ -56,10 +55,9 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1996,1998,1999,2000,2001 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the -Invariant Sections being ``Algorithms'' and ``Porting GDB'', with the -Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover -Texts as in (a) below. +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no +Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' +and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free diff --git a/gdb/doc/libgdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/libgdb.texinfo index 4fadcb2c9b5..9a2fa4162f6 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/libgdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/libgdb.texinfo @@ -11,24 +11,10 @@ This file documents libgdb, the GNU symbolic debugger in a library. This is Edition 0.3, Oct 1993, of @cite{Libgdb}. Copyright 1993 Cygnus Support -Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of -this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice -are preserved on all copies. - -@ignore -Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the -results, provided the printed document carries copying permission -notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph -(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). - -@end ignore -Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this -manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the -entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a -permission notice identical to this one. - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual -into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions. +Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document +under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no +Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. @end ifinfo @c This title page illustrates only one of the diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo index 7469b45179e..6ffac7bfbfa 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo @@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ and David MacKenzie. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the -Invariant Sections being ``Stabs Types'' and ``Stabs Sections'', with -the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover -Texts as in (a) below. +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no +Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' +and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free @@ -54,10 +53,9 @@ Contributed by Cygnus Support. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the -Invariant Sections being ``Stabs Types'' and ``Stabs Sections'', with -the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover -Texts as in (a) below. +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no +Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' +and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free |