Scripsit Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [GPL preamble]
> > It still contains an invariant section, though it's less severe than the > > GFDL type, as it can be removed. > It's nothing special created by the copyright license. Its the general > rule that you aren't allowed to misrepresent other's beliefs, which is > what carrying the Preamble to your modified license (especially the > first two paragraphs), without the FSF's permission, would be. That could be covered adequately by a you-must-not-misrepresent-me clause. The current status of the preamble goes much farther than that. It says that I must not reuse the wordings in the preamble for composing a text that expresses *my* views on licensing (and makes clear that they are mine, not the FSF's). Your argument could be applied to any sort of invariant sections: Because there is some possible way of modifying this section that would misrepresent my beliefs, should I not feel morally entitled to forbid *all* modifications of the section? -- Henning Makholm "Han råber og skriger, vakler ud på kørebanen og ind på fortorvet igen, hæver knytnæven mod en bil, hilser overmådigt venligt på en mor med barn, bryder ud i sang og stiller sig til sidst op og pisser i en port."