On Thu, 01 May 2003, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Henning Makholm wrote:
>> But as we've found out now, the part of the GPL that is actually
>> invariant is the preamble, which has no legal content...
>
> Can you provide me a reference upon which you are basing this
> statement?
I should remind myself to follow up with all of my unread mail before
asking questions which are easily answered.[1] Although, note the
dissonance between [1] and [2]:
In fact, the GPL is copyrighted, and its license permits only
verbatim copying of the entire GPL.
Wheras [1] in the FAQ says something to the effect of: "If you modify
it, we probably wont take legal action against you" Of course, the
language of the GPL copyright clause itself is prety clear that it
precludes modification. [I guess the FSF just wants it both ways...]
Don Armstrong
1: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCModifyGPL
2: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOmitPreamble
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