Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Dererk <der...@debian.org.ar> writes: >> 4. You may use, modify, and redistribute the software under a >> modified version of the GPL version 3 (or, at your option, a >> modified version of any higher-numbered version of the GPL) > > The GPL explicitly forbids modification of the license terms: > > Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies > of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. > > So I think it's misleading to refer to “modified versions of the GPL”, > since modified versions aren't the GPL any more. If you want to permit > an action in a license text, it would be best to be clear on what action > it is you're permitting.
Not quite. You just have to take out the preamble and modify the instructions for use. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL You can still call it a modified version of the GPL. Cheers, Walter Landry wlan...@caltech.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100409.202825.385399998952185178.wal...@geodynamics.org
