Re: [Texi2html-bug] Re: about public domain code in texi2html

[Karl Berry]

    I think that it is very impractical. People not wanting to carry over
    the GPL notice over their files have to think what is copyrightable and
    what is not copyrightable.

It seems to me that whether users follow techno-legal procedures
perfectly (for sure, I agree they won't) is not the point.  But rather,
do we want to have any recourse in case of problems.

    Not all the scripts, only texi2html.init. I just want that people can
    copy and paste the code and do whatever they want with the code,
    including put it under a restrictive license. 

That's the part I don't understand.  texi2html.init is about 5000 lines
and is clearly a nontrivial part of the program.  Why do you think it
shouldn't be protected?

karl

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