GNU GPL & GNU FDL

[MJ Ray]

Tuomas Pellonpera <Tuomas.Pellonpera at uta.fi> wrote:
> If I wanted to use excerpts of a manual licensed under GNU GPL in order to
> use them in my manual that I would like to publish under GNU Free
> Documentation License (FDL), would I have to publish my manual under GNU
> GPL?

I believe so.  I think the GPL may be more appropriate for most manuals than
the FDL anyway (see list archive).

MJR