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Re: GPL version 3 comments
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Alexander Terekhov |
Subject: |
Re: GPL version 3 comments |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:02:34 +0100 |
"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
>
> > I.e. you could modify the GPL into being a non-free license, and
> > still call it the GPL.
>
> That does not follow.
>
> Yes, it does, if and only if you are permited to modify the GPL. But
> the GPL is licensed under the following terms:
>
> | 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.
How about more freeier or even freeiest (gah!) variant of GNU?
GNU lives only in variants. No? LOL.
regards,
alexander.
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