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commit 00f569ae0c38b5e2997bc6194f68d4d7a9a23577
Author: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon Sep 26 12:01:11 2011 -0600

    docs: relax documentation license by dropping cover text
    
    See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-diffutils/2011-08/msg00022.html
    for precedence in diffutils.  The autoconf manual, as of this commit,
    was still barely below 400 pages.
    
    * doc/autoconf.texi (copying): Drop front- and back-cover texts.
    * NEWS: Document this.
    Reported by Brian Gough.
    
    Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog         |    7 +++++++
 NEWS              |    4 ++++
 doc/autoconf.texi |   12 +++---------
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b780d30..be019f5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-09-26  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
+
+       docs: relax documentation license by dropping cover text
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (copying): Drop front- and back-cover texts.
+       * NEWS: Document this.
+       Reported by Brian Gough.
+
 2011-09-13  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
 
        docs: signal-related bugs and incompatibilities for the shells
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c44678d..858601a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes.
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
+** The texinfo documentation no longer specifies "front-cover" or
+   "back-cover" texts, so that it may now be included in Debian's
+   "main" section.
+
 ** Support for the Go programming language has been added.  The new macro
    AC_LANG_GO sets variables GOC and GOFLAGS.
 
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index db414cf..91bb50a 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -209,15 +209,9 @@ Inc.
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
 Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software
-Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the 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.''
-
-(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to copy and
-modify this GNU manual.  Buying copies from the FSF
-supports it in developing GNU and promoting software
-freedom.''
+Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover texts, and
+no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section
+entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License.''
 @end quotation
 @end copying
 


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