Re: [ELPA] New package c-intro-and-ref -- was Re: Proposal: Include C Manual from RMS in Emacs git, and/or release

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <arne_bab@web.de>
> Cc: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>,  suhailsingh247@gmail.com,
>   eliz@gnu.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:19:54 +0100
> 
> Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de> writes:
> 
> > Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> >
> >>   > If the license of the manual would be more accessible the distribution
> >>   > of the manual could proceed the regular manner.
> >>
> >> Sorry, I don't follow you.  I don't see what it could mean
> >> to decrine a license as "more accesible" or "less accessible."
> >>
> >> There is nothing preventing the distribution of our manuals.
> >
> > Sure their is depending on your POV. Their have been multiple arguments
> > of the GFDPL not being free (enough).
> 
> Let’s speak frankly: Debian wants manuals distributed under licenses
> that provide the same freedoms as free software licenses — the most
> well-known of these is creative commons attribution sharealike.
> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
> 
> But this is a discussion that can quickly turn sour within the GNU
> project. I’m not happy about that, just pointing it out that it is a
> path that may seem easier, but isn’t (because social issues usually
> aren’t easier but much gnarlier to fix than technical ones).

Could you guys please move this off-topic discussion to a more
appropriate place?  Like the Texinfo mailing list or a Debian forum?
Or even emacs-tangents@gnu.org?  Discussing GNU manuals, let alone the
Debian philosophy of distributing manuals, is waaaay off-topic here.
We have enough of our own noise here, thank you.

Please don't post in this and related threads here anymore.  Enough is
enough.