Mihai Moldovan <io...@ionic.de> writes: > * On 02/26/2018 10:28 PM, Ole Streicher wrote: >> The LGPL-2.1 starts with >> >> | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies >> | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> I am therefore wondering whether the IUPAC/... license text violates >> itself the LGPL license conditions and cannot be distributed in Debian >> at all? > > IANAL: they have not changed LGPL-2.1, but copied it and released it under a > different name.
Since the license text itself if copyrighted, its usage (and possible modification) has to follow the license conditions. > As far as I understand, it would only be violating LGPL-2.1, if the text was > changed, but the original name retained (since in such a case, naturally, > you'd > be getting something that isn't LGPL-2.1 under the LGPL-2.1 name). The license explicitly forbids the change, independent of whether the result is distributed under the same or under a different name. Best Ole
