Re: GPL vs GFDL in generated files

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>]

> > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:08:02 -0400
> > From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
> >
> > ``I am not a lawyer''.
>
>
> Neither am I.
>
>
> > A longer term GDB plan is to use a common source for things like 
> > gdbarch.[ch] (architecture vector source code) and gdbin.texinfo 
> > (architecture vector documentation).  GCC are now talking about doing 
> > something similar.  One issue that came up during their discussions was 
> > the question of the GPL and GFDL being ``compatible'' - can a common 
> > file be used to generate both.
>
>
> I would think that if only a part of the manual is produced from that
> common source, there should be no problem, but I'm not sure.
>
> How about asking RMS and/or the FSF lawyers?

GCC, who are looking at [d]oxygen(?), are ment to be doing this -> 
deligate deligate deligate :-)

Andrew