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Re: [3.2/3.3/HEAD] Make all the manuals unambiguously DFSG free
Geoff Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> writes:
> Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:
>
>> But if you believe that we *cannot* legitimately make this change then
>> please say so, giving justification.
>
> This change needs to be cleared with the FSF. You cannot make this
> change without their permission because the licenses on the manual
> prohibit it.
Do you know the appropriate contact address?
In the specific case of the CPP manual, I am the primary author; the
text of the license and of the copyright assignment form I signed lead
me to believe that I can make this change unilaterally. But there
doesn't seem to be much point in doing it to just one of the manuals.
zw