Ben Finney <[email protected]> wrote: > Dererk <[email protected]> writes: >> 4. You may use, modify, and redistribute the software under a >> modified version of the GPL version 3 (or, at your option, a >> modified version of any higher-numbered version of the GPL) > > The GPL explicitly forbids modification of the license terms: > > Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies > of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. > > So I think it's misleading to refer to “modified versions of the GPL”, > since modified versions aren't the GPL any more. If you want to permit > an action in a license text, it would be best to be clear on what action > it is you're permitting.
Not quite. You just have to take out the preamble and modify the instructions for use. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL You can still call it a modified version of the GPL. Cheers, Walter Landry [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
