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Re: Anton's amendment



On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 11:16:40AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg> writes:
> 
> > If your interpretation does not require any list of exceptions than
> > your interpretation makes GPL and many other licenses non-free.  You
> > are free to have such interpretation but you have no right to call it
> > obvious reading of DFSG.
> 
> The GPL does not place any restrictions on which sections of the
> program may be changed.  

Yes.  I am not arguing that the invariant sections are better than the
restriction in GPL.  What I am arguing is that "the license must allow
arbitrary modifications without list of exceptions" makes GPL to be
non-free license.

Anton Zinoviev



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