Re: Which GFDL license for m4 docs?

[Eric Blake]

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According to Santiago Vila on 4/11/2009 8:25 AM:
> Hello.
> 
> While packaging m4 1.4.13 for Debian I noticed that the NEWS file says:
> 
> ** The manual is now distributed under the terms of FDL 1.3.
> 
> while doc/m4.texinfo still says:
> 
> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
> under the terms of the @acronym{GNU} Free Documentation License,
> Version 1.2 or any later version
> 
> so apparently m4 1.4.13 is still using 1.2.

The intent is that m4 1.4.13 is using GFDL 1.3; the license file
fdl-1.3.texi is intentionally included as part of the manual.  You have
thus identified a bug in the comment at the top of m4.texinfo.

Do I need to release m4 1.4.14 to correct this licensing discrepancy?

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