You are allowed to modify works licensed under the GPL. You are not allowed to modify the GPL itself.
On Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 21:27 Joshua Allen <josh...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the debian manual, it says > > "This manual is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it > under > the terms of the GNU General Public License. Please refer to the license in > Appendix F, GNU General Public License." > > It then includes verbatim the license which says > > "Appendix F. GNU General Public License > > Version 2, June 1991 > > Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. > > Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies > of this license document, but changing it is not allowed." > > Since the GPL cannot be changed or modified, henceforth there is a > contradiction that goes against the GPL by including the very wording of > the form license. > > Because of this, the debian should consider removing the form license. > Or relicense the manual under the GFDL and putting Appendix F under an > invariant section, which I doubt since Debian doesnt consider the GFDL > with invariant clauses to be free documentation. > >
