Re: the FSF's GPLv3 launch conference

[Anthony DeRobertis <anthony@derobert.net>]

Alexander Terekhov wrote:

> Well, Wallace v GPL aside for a moment, regarding misstatements of the
> copyright act in the GPL, here's a quote from Lee Hollaar (the author of
> http://digital-law-online.info/lpdi1.0/treatise2.html):

I think if you want to suggest to the FSF that the language "[h]owever,
nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program
or its derivative works" should be changed (or struck entirely), that'd
be a perfectly reasonable suggestion.

It can also be quite untrue in the case of a dual-licenced work.