Branden Robinson wrote: > In general, I think we should respect the wishes of the licensor, even > in they are not DFSG-free. There are occasional exceptions to this, as > in the case where something that has been handled as Free Software in > the past falls under the control of a new organization that is hostile > to us, but we should be careful and deliberate about such exceptions.
I agree entirely. I was not seriously suggesting that interpretation of the license; I was simply curious if such an interpretation (modification as a set of excerpts plus original material) was plausible. - Josh Triplett