Re: OK to distribute autoconf.texi under the GPL too?

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Paul Eggert wrote:
> Roger Leigh of the Debian project asked whether we could dual-license
> autoconf.texi, so that it could be distributed under the terms of
> either the GFDL or the GPL.  One of his arguments is that the manual
> contains many coding examples, and it'd be nice if people could just
> cut-n-paste them into their GPLed code.  There more arguments; please
> see <http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.html> for
> details.  Are there any objections or other comments about this
> proposal?

Yes.  Please allow the documentation to be distributed along with the
free software it documents.

Bob


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