On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 02:40:29AM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > > It still contains an invariant section, though it's less severe than the > > GFDL type, as it can be removed. I don't believe there's consensus that > > invariant sections in general are okay as long as they can be removed, > > though. > > It's nothing special created by the copyright license. Its the general > rule that you aren't allowed to misrepresent other's beliefs, which is > what carrying the Preamble to your modified license (especially the > first two paragraphs), without the FSF's permission, would be.
I can change most of that text all I want, and as long as I don't claim the resulting text is the FSF's beliefs, I'm not misrepresenting anything. The only thing stopping me from doing that is the FSF's copyright. -- Glenn Maynard