Re: If DFSG apply to non-software, is GPL*L* incompatible with DFSG?
On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, Walter Landry wrote:
> Actually, you are allowed to modify the license terms. You are just
> not allowed to modify the preamble.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL
Not quite. There are two answers to this FAQ question on gnu.org, both
in opposition to eachother.
The other is:
Can I omit the preamble of the GPL, or the instructions for how
to use it on your own programs, to save space?
The preamble and instructions are integral parts of the GNU GPL
and may not be omitted. In fact, the GPL is copyrighted, and its
license permits only verbatim copying of the entire GPL. (You can
use the legal terms to make another license but it won't be the
GNU GPL.)
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOmitPreamble
Regardless, our standard tack should be that licences and copyright
statements applied directly to a work need not be DFSG Free. However,
licenses and copyright statement like documents included that are not
specifically executed by a work in Debian need to be DFSG free.
[I bludgeoned this tack a bit on -vote about a month ago:
http://people.debian.org/~terpstra/message/20040129.031954.8111224d.html]
Don Armstrong
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