From: Asher Gordon <AsDaGo@posteo.net>
To: gnu@gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnulib@gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>,
Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Subject: Typographical errors in Texinfo format licenses
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:06:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y2p6mwrj.fsf_-_@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <212e948a-ec7e-c84c-9fe8-6e6223143677@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Mon, 1 Jun 2020 11:09:09 -0700")
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Hello,
I have discovered some typographical errors in some licenses in Texinfo
format. There are some '.'s that end sentences but follow capital
letters. These must be changed to '@.'. See also here¹.
Note: Paul Eggert suggests here² that I should write to gnu@gnu.org for
this issue, so that is what I have done.
See the below patch (created against the Gnulib tree):
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diff --git a/doc/agpl-3.0.texi b/doc/agpl-3.0.texi
index eabb0c6df..ce3bf0d49 100644
--- a/doc/agpl-3.0.texi
+++ b/doc/agpl-3.0.texi
@@ -618,12 +618,12 @@ later version.
@item Disclaimer of Warranty.
THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
-APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
+APPLICABLE LAW@. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ``AS IS'' WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
-A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
-PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
+PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU@. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE
DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
CORRECTION.
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@. See the GNU
Affero General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
diff --git a/doc/gpl-2.0.texi b/doc/gpl-2.0.texi
index 38aa91822..4d90f1dd4 100644
--- a/doc/gpl-2.0.texi
+++ b/doc/gpl-2.0.texi
@@ -292,12 +292,12 @@ of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
@item
BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
-FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
+FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW@. EXCEPT WHEN
OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ``AS IS'' WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
-MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
-TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE
+MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
+TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU@. SHOULD THE
PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
diff --git a/doc/lgpl-2.1.texi b/doc/lgpl-2.1.texi
index ab03d6cc3..a04ddf472 100644
--- a/doc/lgpl-2.1.texi
+++ b/doc/lgpl-2.1.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
-[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL. It also counts
+[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL@. It also counts
as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence the
version number 2.1.]
@end display
@@ -479,8 +479,8 @@ EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR
OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE LIBRARY ``AS IS'' WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
-LIBRARY IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE LIBRARY PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME
+PURPOSE@. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
+LIBRARY IS WITH YOU@. SHOULD THE LIBRARY PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME
THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
@item
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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Thanks,
Asher
Footnotes:
¹ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2020-05/msg00173.html
² https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2020-06/msg00005.html
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-01 19:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-12 17:51 Remove license modules Asher Gordon
2020-05-15 23:17 ` Bruno Haible
2020-05-16 18:03 ` Asher Gordon
2020-05-17 17:39 ` Bruno Haible
2020-05-17 19:58 ` Asher Gordon
2020-05-17 20:12 ` Asher Gordon
2020-06-01 18:00 ` Bruno Haible
2020-06-01 18:09 ` Paul Eggert
2020-06-01 19:06 ` Asher Gordon [this message]
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