The Speakup User's Guide, official release

[Gene Collins]

Thanks Janina.  I have just updated the text file on the site to be
licensed under the gnu/fdl.

I went and read the license text from the sfs site, and it looks like
what I intend.

Thanks for pointing me at this.

Gene

>OK, Gene. I'll undertake an html edition of your HOWTO. I'll send it to
>you first when I've finished. I agree about the value of keeping both a
>plain text and html edition.
>
>I think the main diff between GPL and GFDL is the language involved.
>After all, documentation is not code. So, the GPL's authorization to
>copy and improve code is meaningless with documentation. The GFDL
>specifies about the freedom to distribute, modify, etc., and under what
>conditions--in other words keeping the same principles in play, but for
>the text, not for the code that isn't present anyway.
>
>Thus, copyright being a legal thing, it has some legal teeth, where GPL
>probably doesn't. But, I am no lawyer as you well know.
>
>Gene Collins writes:
>> Hi Janina.  The version number is a good idea.
>> 
>> If you'd like to make an html file, I'd apreciate that.  The Table of
>> Contents is a good idea, as well as links to the urls mentioned in the
>> document.
>> 
>> When you have the html file ready, let me know.  I think we'll keep both
>> the html version and the plain text version on the site.
>> 
>> I haven't checked out the documentation license yet.  Can you brieffly
>> summarize the differences from the GPL?  Thanks.
>
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