%% Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ra> Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Eric: >> | Is there any way you might consider dropping the >> | Front and Back Cover Texts requirements from the manual?
>> Sorry, this is the FSF policy. Not my call. ra> There are other GNU packages with GFDL manuals that do not have ra> Front and Back Cover Texts, so it's clearly not a mandatory ra> policy. Unfortunately, the rest of us aren't really in a position ra> to talk to the right people to get this changed, whereas the ra> official Automake maintainers would be. Could you try? It's my understanding (and I'm in no way speaking for the FSF here) that if the manual is published by the FSF as a book, with an ISBN etc., it has to have these front and back cover texts. Those texts only exist in the printed forms of the manual (since the front and back covers referred to by the texts only exist in printed forms of the manual). However, I have no idea whether or not this is a mandatory requirement for all GNU packages with published manuals. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
