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Re: Linux Fonts



On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 07:58, Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 06:47:00AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> > > So, what if I released it under GPL with a stipulation
> > > that any modification requires a name change?
> > 
> > This will, to my understanding violate the clause 6 of the GPL2. You must
> > not restrict distribution more than the GPL. This means with an unmodified
> > GPL you cant add aditional requirements.
> 
> Uh, he's the Copyright holder.  He can do whatever the hell he wants.

IANAL, but I don't feel good about licenses saying 'GPL but...' -
probably much better to have the whole license text, without stating
that it is 'GPL', but stating that it is GPL based somewhere outside the
license text.

cheers
-- vbi

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