Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Jul 2003 00:48:33 +0200 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] docbook: Added support for generating man files |
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On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 08:36:27AM +1000, Michael Still wrote:
> > IS there any chance it could incorporate the GPL by a slightly smaller > > reference or even a link for the HTML one, it looks great except that > > 90% of the manual page is a GPL each time 8)
> Well, the only part which comes from this patch is: > ... Michael Still (mikal\@stillhq.com) ... > ... This documentation was generated with kernel version $ARGV[2]. ... > I can shorten this if people would like.
Commenting on the man page (nroff) version:
Please put the mikal\@stillhq.com in a comment. Please leave the kernel version.
> The GPL bit people have commented on is actually extracted from the front > matter of the SGML file being converted inside > <legalnotice></legalnotice>. Therefore, if the SGML kerneldoc output we > already have includes the GPL, then so does the man page. I have not > imposed new license conditions on the documentation. > > If people are comfortable with dropping the legal notice, or perhaps > inserting a line saying "refer to file X for the license on this > documentation", then I'll do that and send a new patch.
Please put all legalities in comments - behind .\" we do not have to read them, but they are there if anyone cares.
Andries
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