Re: Re: GPLv2 or GPLv2+
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:33:48 +0900
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Alfred M. Szmidt writes: > > > You can create the Stephen J. Turnbull General Public > > > License that only contains the legal parts that just > > > happens to have the exact same terms as the GNU GPL. > > > > That is explicitly not permitted. > > > > I never wrote `modify the GNU GPL', I wrote `the exact same > > terms'. > > That's right, you didn't write "modify". However, under the law > what you describe would be considered modification. > > No, it would not, ideas cannot be copyrighted. OK. Show us how to do it. For bonus points, get it certified as a Free Software license by the FSF.