> >> so it does not prohibit specifying a particular GPL version to the > >> exclusion of others.
> > False. Section 6 says: On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 03:43:49PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > Er, section 6 isn't the copyleft in the GPL. It's the "public > license" part. It only grants rights to *the Program*, which is the > original work. Look at the third line below. The copyleft is in GPL 2. The different parts work together. 2 means that all the terms applied to modified versions which are distributed just as much as they apply to unmodified versions. Section 6 happens to be one of those terms and it talks about how those terms apply to other people. -- Raul