Re: Bug#323099: no longer a bug.
On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 20:13 +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> Mike O'Connor <stew@vireo.org>
>
> Finally, the GPL is not invariant: IIRC, you can edit it if you delete
> the preamble [see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL ].
> Debian contains the version we received, though. On debian systems,
> the GPL is in /usr/share/common-licenses and packages should refer to
> it rather than include another copy.
That URL says that you can modify the GPL to create your own license,
then release your software under that license, just don't call it "GPL"
anymore. It doesn't say, you can take some work that someone has
released under the GPL and modify the license, the release it under this
modified license.
What the author has done in this case is say, "you can use this software
under these licenses, you can modify the software, but you cannot modify
the licenses".
Debian does have the requirement that you can modify the licenses that
software is released under, right?
stew
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