Re: Re: GPLv2 or GPLv2+
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:37:13 +0100 (CET)
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> > > 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.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
What did I win?