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25.1.50; calccard.tex has somewhat unclear licensing

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, naesten <at> gmail.com, 24520 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24520: 25.1.50; calccard.tex has somewhat unclear licensing
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 19:02:26 +0200

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> CC: rgm <at> gnu.org, naesten <at> gmail.com, 24520 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:29:25 -0500
> 
>   > I don't understand why should we treat these files differently from
>   > any other file in the tree.  They all speak about "GNU Emacs".
> 
> The reason it seems good to me to change those words for the refcards
> is that the license exception, and the way the tex output files
> are handled, is quite different from what we permit for GNU Emacs itself.
> 
> I think the situation will be clearer if we don't say these are
> "part of GNU Emacs."

OK, done.

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