GNU GPL for doc -- Why?

[Horacio MG]

El mar, 22 de feb de 2000, a las 08:46:36 -0500, J. Michael Ashley dijo:
> 
> According to my understanding of the GPL, modifications to the manual 
> such as adding new material are covered by the GPL.  Translations
> are also covered by the GPL.  So you must distribute your translation
> under the GPL.  As Werner said, you could do this by giving a pointer
> to an ftp site giving a machine-readable version of the manual.

Talking about translations, there are translations of the GPL at gnu.org
for various languages, but these translations are just that,
translations, not legal documents.

Therefore, a translated document must point to the English language GPL,
and may add a pointer to the corresponding translation of the GPL,
making clear it is just a translation of the legal doc.

...or so I believe.


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