On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 10:49:01AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Glenn Maynard wrote: > > The preamble can be removed, but not from other people's works; when > > the GPL is attached to a work, the preamble is a full-blown invariant > > section. > > Can't one just license the work under trivial-not-GPL which is > the GPL's terms but no preamble? I remember that being given > as the reason the GPL refers to "the terms of this License" > rather than just "this License" but I don't remember who told me.
You can do so for your own work, but you can't do so to someone else's. GPL#1 says "give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program", and the preamble is considered part of the license. -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
