On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 18:49:25 +0000, Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> This one time, at band camp, Daniel Ruoso said: >> > So, if I were to write a program, which at startup displays the >> > entiretity of the GNU Manifesto, and wrote a license, which would >> > be GPL with the addition that the startup display may not be >> > modified, only amended, you would consider this program a DFSG >> > program and it could go into main? >> >> IMHO, it's non-free. It's completely reasonable to want to remove >> the startup display at all... > Except that the GPL already explicitly precludes modifications of > this type (not this scope, but this type, mind you), and our > foundation documents consider the GPL a free license. A difference in degree is still a difference. manoj -- Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my heart and my hand to this vote. -- Daniel Webster Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]