From b463b61cfbce5128bbec87be04104535349fdec8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:49:38 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] update maintain.texi --- doc/maintain.texi | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/maintain.texi b/doc/maintain.texi index f96069fc2..5297906a9 100644 --- a/doc/maintain.texi +++ b/doc/maintain.texi @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ @c For double-sided printing, uncomment: @c @setchapternewpage odd @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file: -@set lastupdate October 24, 2007 +@set lastupdate December 20, 2007 @c %**end of header @dircategory GNU organization @@ -377,9 +377,9 @@ had contributed code, and we might have to track them down and ask them. When you record a small patch in a change log file, first search for -previous changes by the same person, and see if his past +previous changes by the same person, and see if per past contributions, plus the new one, add up to something legally -significant. If so, you should get copyright papers for all his +significant. If so, you should get copyright papers for all per changes before you install the new change. If that is not so, you can install the small patch. Write @samp{(tiny @@ -599,6 +599,9 @@ files distributed under the Lesser GPL, it should contain a full copy of that as well (conventionally in a file named @file{COPYING.LESSER}). +If you have questions about license issues for your GNU package, +please write @email{licensing@@gnu.org}. + @menu * Source: Canonical License Sources. * Code: License Notices for Code. @@ -686,7 +689,7 @@ Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being ``GNU General Public License'', with the -Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover Texts +Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''. @@ -741,9 +744,6 @@ used (hence distributed) by third-party packages under possibly incompatible licenses, you may also use the above all-permissive license for these macros. -If you would like help with license issues or with using the GFDL, -please contact @email{licensing@@gnu.org}. - @node External Libraries @section External Libraries @@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ However, due to the much greater publicity that the Open Source Movement receives, the GNU Project needs to overcome a widespread mistaken impression that GNU is @emph{and always was} an activity of the Open Source Movement. For this reason, please use the term ``free -software,'' not ``open source,'' in GNU software releases, GNU +software'', not ``open source'', in GNU software releases, GNU documentation, and announcements and articles that you publish in your role as the maintainer of a GNU package. A reference to the URL given above, to explain the difference, is a useful thing to include as @@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ role as the maintainer of a GNU package. If you want to explain the terminology and its reasons, you can refer to the URL @url{http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html}. -Do contrast the GNU system properly speaking to GNU/Linux, you can +To contrast the GNU system properly with respect to GNU/Linux, you can call it ``GNU/Hurd'' or ``the GNU/Hurd system.'' However, when that contrast is not specifically the focus, please call it just ``GNU'' or ``the GNU system.'' -- 2.11.0