On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Sanjeev Gupta <[email protected]> wrote:
> LL, we meet again!
>
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 03:24, Linux Lingam <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On 1 April 2012, I propose to launch version 3.1416 of GPL,
>> which adds one condition to GPL:
>>
>> 5) Software published under this new version of GPL is free-of-cost
>> to those who demonstrate, adopt, and share an understanding of freedom,
>> as detailed in the evaluation-process of YoYo Dyne Interactive.
>
> Sorry to spoil the fun (as always), but the GPL is Copyright, not Copyleft,
> FSF.  They take a very dim view (verging on hostile) to people amending the
> GPL.  Fear the wrath of Stallman, my friend.

even on the launch-date of my proposed version, which is 1 April,
and its donald-knuth inspired version number?


>
> The GPL _applies_ to "copyleft", but the _GPL_ text itself is not even close
> to a CC-SA, etc.  In particular, the text of the GPL itself is not released
> under the GPL (which has caused generations of Debian guys to pull out their
> hair, and recursively shoot themselves.

it's verbatim license. from the original documentation licenses.

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