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Re: GCC 4.3 license in manual still under GPLv2

Joseph S. Myers wrote:
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, qunying wrote:

Hi,

I have the impression that GCC 4.3.0 has updated to GPLv3. But
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.3.0/gcc/Copying.html still using GPLv2.
Does it need to be updated?

I pointed out <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2007-07/msg00609.html> that the manual should be updated and that GCC's gpl.texi is not a direct copy of the file from the FSF but has local Texinfo changes.

In that message, you suggest that we need the local changes in order to generate a gpl.7 manual page. But, why do we need such a manual page? What would be the adverse consequences of just replacing our gpl.texi with the FSF GPLv3 version?

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