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Re: Proposed statement wrt GNU FDL



> http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL
> 
>     Can I modify the GPL and make a modified license?
> 
>     You can use the GPL terms (possibly modified) in another license
>     provided that you call your license by another name and do not
>     include the GPL preamble, and provided you modify the
>     instructions-for-use at the end enough to make it clearly
>     different in wording and not mention GNU (though the actual
>     procedure you describe may be similar).

I recently came across an example of this, in case anyone's
interested:

http://bushido.imag.fr/papillon/ConsultInformations.po?docid=1427055&docLang=eng
It appears to be a modified version of the LGPL. Clause 3 still refers
to the GPL, so it's GPL-compatible.

Edmund



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