From: Karl Berry Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:59:53 +0000 (-0800) Subject: autoupdate X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=07d40e8b7251aced2cf86ca7e07f65b85b275200;p=gnulib.git autoupdate --- diff --git a/doc/maintain.texi b/doc/maintain.texi index c1c3d0308d..6c8ea59eb1 100644 --- a/doc/maintain.texi +++ b/doc/maintain.texi @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ @c For double-sided printing, uncomment: @c @setchapternewpage odd @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file: -@set lastupdate June 8, 2023 +@set lastupdate January 22, 2025 @c %**end of header @documentencoding UTF-8 @@ -311,9 +311,14 @@ distribute the package, and the standing to defend its GPL-covered status in court if necessary. GNU packages need not be FSF-copyrighted; this is up to the author(s), -generally at the time the package is dubbed GNU@. When copyright is -assigned to the FSF, the FSF can act to stop GPL violations about the -package. Otherwise, legal actions are up to the author(s). The rest +generally at the time the package is dubbed GNU@. When copyright is +assigned to the FSF, the FSF has authority to act to stop GPL +violations about the package (otherwise, legal actions are up to the +author(s)). It also allows the FSF to grant additional permissions on a +package, such as an exception, if the need should arise. Additionally, +holding the copyright allows the FSF to upgrade the license of a package +even if it had been initially released under "GPLv2 only" (instead of +the "or later" licensing option as recommended by the FSF). The rest of this section is about the case when a package is FSF-copyrighted. @emph{Before} incorporating significant changes, make sure that the