> While interesting to read, what you've written is not applicable to > the issue of moving code from program to manual or vice versa. If I > submit a new emacs-mode to the FSF, and assign copyright to them as is > their practice, they can have somebody else document it line-by-line > and distribute it under the GFDL.
If you assign copyright to them, they can do anything they please with it, except to the extent that any license you may already have given is binding on them as your assign. But once it's published, you (or anyone else) may also exercise any of the rights with regard to material on which someone else claims copyright that are guaranteed to you under your country's implementation of the Berne Convention. Cheers, - Michael
