On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Bruce Perens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/05/2012 06:30 PM, Chris Travers wrote: >> >> Generally RMS seems to think this is not permissible, and most other >> people outside the FSF don't listen. > > It is not permissible to modify the GPL text directly. That restriction has > teeth. However, I can't think of a legal mechanism that could be applied to > prevent exceptions to the GPL that are in separate text. > > It would be different if there were contractual restrictions connected with > the use of the GPL text. But there are none.
This is true. I would normally put such additional permissions as part of the copyright header,. Best Wishes, Chris Travers _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
