On 6/1/06, Joe Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Andrew Donnellan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 6/1/06, Karl O. Pinc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The GPL is not "completely unmodifiable", you just have limitations >> on how you may modify it and still use it as a license. >> > > The FSF has given blanket permission to modify the GPL except for the > preamble. Or more exactly, You can modify the GPL, but if you do so you must not use the Preamble (unless FSF gives permission) and you may not name it in a way that would allow somebody to confuseyour modified licence for the GPL.
Can you omit the preamble and still use the license as the GPL (including redistributing works that were already licensed under the GPL, including referring to it as the GPL, etc)? If so, debian has no legitimate reason for making the preamble an exception to the DFSG as far as i can tell - it's non-free and should not be included in any package in main, and /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL should be the GPL without the preamble. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
