Re: All GPL'ed programs have to go to non-free

[Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 10:31:47PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote:
> Er, no.  The GPL can only be modified if the preamble is removed, which
> means the preamble is an invariant section.

No, it's not. An invariant section, as defined by the GFDL, *cannot be
removed*. That's what's so ugly about it -- not only can you not edit
it, you cannot get rid of it either.

Since you have to remove the preamble, it cannot be an invariant section
by definition.

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