Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Suppose you (Mr. Foo) write an essay: "Why the BSD license is best, by > Mr. Foo." No matter what copyright license your essay is under -- even > if it's in the public domain -- nobody can modify it to "Why the GPL > license is best, by Mr. Foo." That's fraud (misrepresenting your > opinion). It's quite likely libel in many jurisdictions as well. It's > certainly illegal and unethical. It has absolutely nothing to do with > copyright. > > Similarly, if someone modified a copy of "The GNU Manifesto" to say > something else, it would be fraud to distribute the modified copy under > the title "The GNU Manifesto". (It's a distinctive title with a > distinctive meaning.) I've never seen fraud used as you use it here. According to my dictionaries, its only fraud if you're using untruth to take advantage of smeone. One could certianly modify the GNU manifesto for other purposes, like parody. -- see shy jo
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