GFDL/GPL issues

[Richard Kenner]

> But even for documentation written by hand, often I find that I'd like to
> start out with some comment or example from the actual code.  The GPL / GFDL
> dichotomy doesn't allow me to do that, so some documentation just won't get
> written.

Taking an example from actual code would be "fair use" and not a violation
of the GPL.  I don't see a problem there.  Taking large pieces of code
in a mechanical way is completely different from the type of manual
copying you're talking about.