Alfred M. Szmidt writes: > I.e. you could modify the GPL into being a non-free license, and > still call it the GPL.
I wrote: > That does not follow. Alfred M. Szmidt writes: > Yes, it does, if and only if you are permited to modify the GPL. But the > GPL is licensed under the following terms: The GPL could be licensed under terms that permitted the distribution of derivatives provided that the name was changed. | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this | license document, but changing it is not allowed. > So you cannot modify it, and thus you cannot make a non-free variant of > the GPL. One can do so with trivial ease by simply adding an exceptions file. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
