Copyright of GPL / Canges Allowed?

MJ Ray mjr at dsl.pipex.com
Fri Dec 10 17:12:50 UTC 2004


On 2004-12-10 16:14:01 +0000 Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:54:33 +0100 (MET), Kein Ende said:
>> is it allowed to make changes in the GPL down the GPL-Copyright 
>> preamble in
>> a licence-file? [...]
> It is pretty clear that you you don't have the right to change the
> text of the GPL at all or even use parts of it for writing your own
> license or for any other work.

Please, everyone go read the FSF's GPL FAQ at 
http://gnu.hands.com/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL rather than all 
answer this individually.

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