This one time, at band camp, Manoj Srivastava said: > On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 18:49:25 +0000, Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org> said: > > > This one time, at band camp, Daniel Ruoso said: > >> > So, if I were to write a program, which at startup displays the > >> > entiretity of the GNU Manifesto, and wrote a license, which would > >> > be GPL with the addition that the startup display may not be > >> > modified, only amended, you would consider this program a DFSG > >> > program and it could go into main? > >> > >> IMHO, it's non-free. It's completely reasonable to want to remove > >> the startup display at all... > > > Except that the GPL already explicitly precludes modifications of > > this type (not this scope, but this type, mind you), and our > > foundation documents consider the GPL a free license. > > A difference in degree is still a difference. Of course. It may not represent a fundamental reordering of our principles, as some are arguing, however. A large enough degree may, and scope creep is always a problem, but as I have said elsewhere, I am still failing to see that it is as clear cut as some are stating. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : sgran@debian.org | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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