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On Monday 29 March 1999, at 21 h 31, the keyboard of Dragon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has it occurred to anyone that the GPL isn't DFSG free? :> Not programs
> licensed under it, but the license itself, which cannot be modified or
> altered? :>
> Does this mean
> > licensed under it, but the license itself, which cannot be modified or
> > altered? :>
> > Does this mean we have to move the GPL out of main? ;>
>
> The GPL (and the DFSG, by the way) stands for software. For other stuff
> (documentation, literary work, art, standards, licences themselves),
On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 11:51:05AM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>
> Remember the discussion on debian-legal a few days ago about the W3C
> standards?
> It makes sense to limit modifications on a standard. At the very least, if you
> modify and redistribute the GPL, it makes sense to force yo
Dragon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Note that I'm not subscribed to Debian-legal... You cannot edit the
> GPL and call it something else, nor can you take pieces out of it. The
> GPL has full copyright.. you can only copy it verbatim. :>
Then again, [I've been told, repeatedly, though not actually
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has it occurred to anyone that the GPL isn't DFSG free? :> Not programs
> licensed under it, but the license itself, which cannot be modified or
> altered? :>
Of course the license can be altered. It's not a creative work, it's
a license, and license text is not prote
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 05:33:54PM -0500, Chip Salzenberg wrote:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Has it occurred to anyone that the GPL isn't DFSG free? :> Not programs
> > licensed under it, but the license itself, which cannot be modified or
> > altered? :>
>
> Of course the license can be alte
Chip Salzenberg writes:
> Of course the license can be altered. It's not a creative work, it's a
> license,...
It's every bit as creative as a program.
> ... and license text is not protected by copyright.
I've seen this claim made many times. Citations, please.
--
John Hasler
> > Has it occurred to anyone that the GPL isn't DFSG free? :> Not programs
> > licensed under it, but the license itself, which cannot be modified or
> > altered? :>
>
> Of course the license can be altered. It's not a creative work, it's
> a license, and license text is not protected by copyrig
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