Pamela Chestek dixit: > (and something I think about occasionally). OSD says "The license must allow > modifications and derived works ..." But it doesn't say ALL modifications. If > it is construed as meaning ALL modifications, that interpretation gets hard to > reconcile with elements typically accepted as protected from modification, > such > as the copyright notice and a disclaimer of warranty by the original authors.
Does it? The licence allows all modifications, those are merely required to be retained by law (not the licence). It’s even common for people to merge identical licences by listing all authors and their years together, and I consider this to be equivalent to the initial separate notices from the individual files. So, yes, the licence must allow ALL modifications. Otherwise, we arrive at the GFDL’s invariant sections. bye, //mirabilos -- I believe no one can invent an algorithm. One just happens to hit upon it when God enlightens him. Or only God invents algorithms, we merely copy them. If you don't believe in God, just consider God as Nature if you won't deny existence. -- Coywolf Qi Hunt _______________________________________________ The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily those of the Open Source Initiative. Official statements by the Open Source Initiative will be sent from an opensource.org email address. License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
