* Sam Hartman: >>>>>> "Francesco" == Francesco Poli <invernom...@paranoici.org> writes: > Francesco> I am under the impression that a more correct way to > Francesco> achieve the same results (free or non-free) would be to > Francesco> create a different license, possibly reusing some parts > Francesco> of the GNU GPL v2, but without referring to the GNU GPL > Francesco> v2 (except for the acknowledgment that the new license > Francesco> includes some modified pieces taken from the GNU GPL v2). > Francesco> In other words, following the [FAQ]. > > That's certainly what the FSF would prefer you do, yes. > However, there are a few things to consider: > > 1) It's not clear that the FSF's copyright on the GPL allows you to > borrow text from it for your license. I believe it does not.
The FSF actually does on their web site: | Can I modify the GPL and make a modified license? | | You can use the GPL terms (possibly modified) in another license | provided that you call your license by another name and do not | include the GPL preamble, and provided you modify the | instructions-for-use at the end enough to make it clearly different | in wording and not mention GNU (though the actual procedure you | describe may be similar). | | If you want to use our preamble in a modified license, please write | to <licens...@gnu.org> for permission. For this purpose we would | want to check the actual license requirements to see if we approve | of them. | | Although we will not raise legal objections to your making a | modified license in this way, we hope you will think twice and not | do it. Such a modified license is almost certainly incompatible with | the GNU GPL, and that incompatibility blocks useful combinations of | modules. The mere proliferation of different free software licenses | is a burden in and of itself. <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.en.html#ModifyGPL>