GFDL/GPL issues

[Robert Dewar]

Jeff Law wrote:

> Isn't one of the specific instances of this issue the desire to copy 
> some of the constraints information from the source, which would need to 
> go into the user manual rather than internals documentation?
> 
> And in some cases a function index with documentation may be precisely 
> what the end-user needs -- think runtime libraries.

These cases both seem to fall within the four-test fair use guidlines
to me, and I can't imagine any of the relevant copyright holders seeing
otherwise.

> What's concerning is how much time we've got to spend discussing this 
> kind of issue rather than getting real work done, all due to a license 
> that is insanely controversial.

I would not worry about that, people like to spend time on this kind of
discussion, or they would not do it :-)