GFDL/GPL issues

[Joern Rennecke]

Quoting Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@synopsys.COM>:

> RMS is unlikely to abandon the GFDL because the features that many object
> to as non-free are intentionally chosen, in part to make sure that he can
> get his message out even in situations where a distributor would not agree
> with that message.  I think he hasn't gotten over ESR's attempts in the
> late 90s to write him out of history, so he thinks he has to force people
> to carry his message along with the GNU tools.

What about extending the allowed additional Terms of the GPL under clause
7 (7b is closest right now) to allow an author / Copyright holder to have
his soapbox in the software (i.e. preserve designated comments /
documentation in source and printed form), and then implement the GFDL on
top of that.