Re: Modifying the GPL itself (was: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge)

2004-05-02 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 08:53:03PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > In that case I must've misinterpreted the first parragraph of the > license text. It says: > > Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies > of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. > > Can you plea

Modifying the GPL itself (was: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge)

2004-05-02 Thread Herbert Xu
Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [2] E.g., Stallman doesn't think that the GPL itself should be free. > > The GPL can be modified, as long as you remove the preamble and don't > call it the "GPL". It's not DFSG-free, but it's close, and I suspect In that case I must've misinterprete