GCC 4.3 license in manual still under GPLv2

[Mark Mitchell]

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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