-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Citek wrote: > But books usually have a note saying all rights reserved, including > the right to modify. In contrast, the GPL allows modifying the > work. Would it be more accurate to say the GPL allows modification > of the work except for the copyright notice? Nowhere in the GPL does > it state that the copyright notice cannot be change, but maybe that's > implied. Or perhaps it is stated explicitly in the copyright laws. > > BTW, my gut tells me you're right in that the copyright notice cannot > be changed. But my gut sometimes differs from what the law says.
The copyright notice is not the work. It's meta data about the work. - -- JT Morée PC Xperience, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDc9+DucZ4lMT2d5IRAtdlAKCxE0n7LBlChh6DXW9vyvaSGIrfBACgqrko zHjgeF2L10K675YOg7Dzb4E= =Fq3R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
