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Re: PATCH: Place manuals under the GDFL
- To: bryce at waitaki dot otago dot ac dot nz
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Place manuals under the GDFL
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 08:19:22 -0700
- Cc: tromey at redhat dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, java at gcc dot gnu dot org, toon at moene dot indiv dot nluug dot nl
- Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
- References: <20010430153618U.mitchell@codesourcery.com><87lmog3dvv.fsf@creche.redhat.com><3AEF8BAE.2552DA0C@waitaki.otago.ac.nz>
>>>>> "Bryce" == Bryce McKinlay <bryce@waitaki.otago.ac.nz> writes:
Bryce> Tom Tromey wrote:
Mark> libjava/doc/*.texi
>> These texi files are derived from the source code. Can we
>> really put a different license on them?
Bryce> Do we agree that these should be removed from the tree?
Bryce> I'll do it if there are no objections.
That would sort-of solve the problem in that we wouldn't then be
distributing the manuals. It would still be good to understand the
issues surrounding auto-generated manuals better.
And, in general, generated files shouldn't be in the source tree.
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