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Re: lookandfeel General Public License (LAFGPL)



Glenn Maynard <g_deb@zewt.org> writes:

> On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 02:28:01AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
>> *Sigh* Unfortunately, it doesn't matter.  The license itself appears to be a
>> violation of the FSF's copyright in the preamble of the GPL; the FSF
>> doesn't grant any right to modify that preamble, disgustingly enough.  It's
>> not legally safe to distribute the license text, so we can't very well
>> distribute the software.  Blech.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL says you can.

| 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, [...]

But the preamble (or a derivative) is included in this case.

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