Re: GPL violates DFSG point 3

[Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@benfinney.id.au>]

"Karl O. Pinc" <kop@meme.com> writes:

> Please forgive me if this has already been raised but I cannot
> imagine how to search the archives to see if it has.
> 
> It occurs to me that the GPL itself violates section 3 of the DFSG,
> it cannot be freely modified.  (See:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL)

A useful summary of the position of debian-legal on this point is here:

    <URL:http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/02/msg00290.html>

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