Re: Poll results: User views on the FDL issue
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 11:53:15AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> Glenn Maynard wrote:
> > [...] GPL#1 says [...]
>
> GPL#1 is for verbatim only. Releasing under a new licence is a modification.
> Please illustrate how the GPL does not follow DFSG or leave this.
GPL#2 is for modified copies, and says "under the terms of Section 1".
GPL#3 is for binaries, which says "under the terms of Sections 1 and 2".
You can't remove the preamble from other people's GPL-licensed works, or
otherwise modify the license. (Despite being confusing and very poorly
written, there's also really no other possible interpretation of [1].)
The text of the GPL does not follow the DFSG; license texts are not expected
to. This is nothing new.
[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOmitPreamble
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Glenn Maynard
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