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Re: FYI: new back-cover text in manual


From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Subject: Re: FYI: new back-cover text in manual
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:53:06 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 RW> -(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and
 RW> -modify this @acronym{GNU} Manual, like @acronym{GNU} software.  Copies
 RW> -published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for
 RW> address@hidden development.''
 RW> +(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You are free to copy and modify
 RW> +this @acronym{GNU} Manual.  Buying copies from @acronym{GNU} Press
 RW> +supports the FSF in developing @acronym{GNU} and promoting software
 RW> +freedom.''

Both texts look incorrect to me.  The GNU Standards say

| If the FSF does not publish this manual on paper, then omit the
| last sentence in (a) that talks about copies from GNU Press.


BTW I finally defended my thesis yesterday (tuesday).  I'm off
to Slovakia until the end of the week, but when I'm back I hope
to be able to commit some time to automake.
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz

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