From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>
To: "Kyle Moffett" <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>
Cc: "Rene Herman" <rene.herman@keyaccess.nl>,
"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@osdl.org>,
"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 21:35:20 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKKEACJOAB.davids@webmaster.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200602022235.43898.ajwade@cpe001346162bf9-cm0011ae8cd564.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com>
> Well ok, but modified copies of it (that aren't the license) could be
> made. For the sake of argument, imaging copying the preamble into
> another file and adding a few paragraphs there, with a prominent notice of
> your modifications. This is allowed by the GPL (the License is the same,
> and you're not violating the other terms either as far as I can see). But
> it is not allowed by the license for the text of the GPL. Hence the
> problem. It's an odd squirrelly corner case of the sort that
> cause licenses
> to bloat up with verbiage.
I totally don't understand why anyone thinks this is a problem. The GPL
restricts copying and modification in various ways. One of them is that you
can't modify the GPL itself. Another is that you can't remove license
notices or disclaimers of liability.
There is no problem and there is no conflict. The GPL is licensed under the
GPL, it's self-licensing. The GPL specifies the terms of use for the works
covered by it, including the GPL itself.
The GPL is not GPL-incompatible because something can only be
GPL-incompatible if it contains restrictions not found in the GPL. It is
logically impossible for the GPL to do so.
DS
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-03 5:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 214+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-20 16:49 GPL V3 and Linux Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-20 19:11 ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-01-20 19:34 ` Patrick McLean
2006-01-20 18:22 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-20 18:30 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-20 19:45 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-25 18:46 ` GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders Marc Perkel
2006-01-25 17:14 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-25 17:30 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-25 19:24 ` Marc Perkel
2006-01-25 19:50 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-01-25 20:44 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-01-25 21:20 ` Chase Venters
2006-01-25 22:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-25 23:26 ` Chase Venters
2006-01-26 17:59 ` Paul Jakma
2006-01-26 16:28 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-26 18:25 ` Filip Brcic
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601261233150.17225@turbotaz.ourhouse>
2006-01-26 16:55 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-26 22:54 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-01-27 2:15 ` David Schwartz
2006-01-27 2:23 ` Dave Jones
2006-01-27 2:37 ` David Schwartz
2006-01-27 2:53 ` Dave Jones
2006-01-27 19:50 ` David Schwartz
2006-01-27 3:40 ` Diego Calleja
2006-01-27 7:34 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-01-27 8:09 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-01-27 13:38 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-01-27 19:50 ` David Schwartz
2006-01-27 20:30 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-01-27 21:12 ` David Schwartz
2006-01-27 19:30 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-27 15:56 ` Roland Kuhn
2006-01-26 18:52 ` Paul Jakma
2006-01-26 18:53 ` Diego Calleja
2006-01-26 18:57 ` Chase Venters
2006-01-26 19:22 ` Marc Perkel
2006-01-26 19:52 ` Chase Venters
2006-01-26 20:04 ` Marc Perkel
2006-01-26 20:21 ` Chase Venters
2006-01-26 20:51 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-01-26 22:28 ` GPL V3 and Linux - V3 adds new restrictions Marc Perkel
[not found] ` <20060127015811.03beb9e5.seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
2006-01-27 6:58 ` sean
2006-01-28 4:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-26 19:33 ` GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders Diego Calleja
2006-01-26 18:57 ` Paul Jakma
2006-01-26 22:16 ` Marc Perkel
2006-01-26 22:23 ` Al Viro
2006-01-28 1:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-28 19:45 ` Michael Buesch
2006-01-28 19:04 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-27 10:46 ` Simon Oosthoek
2006-01-27 13:39 ` Al Viro
2006-01-27 14:00 ` Simon Oosthoek
2006-01-27 14:18 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-01-27 14:42 ` Simon Oosthoek
2006-01-27 15:20 ` Al Viro
2006-01-27 15:32 ` Simon Oosthoek
2006-01-27 14:46 ` Chris Bergeron
2006-01-27 14:47 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-01-28 1:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-28 23:23 ` Horst von Brand
2006-01-28 1:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-30 7:00 ` Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2006-01-31 23:18 ` David Schwartz
2006-01-28 4:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-28 4:57 ` Chris Adams
2006-01-28 20:38 ` Simon Oosthoek
2006-01-29 14:30 ` Matthias Urlichs
2006-01-28 15:38 ` Florian Weimer
2006-01-27 21:33 ` Thomas Horsten
2006-01-28 5:38 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-01-28 8:31 ` Thomas Horsten
2006-01-28 10:37 ` Peter Read
2006-01-30 18:15 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-01-30 19:43 ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2006-01-30 22:00 ` Filip Brcic
[not found] ` <5d6222a80601302012v22196faci3ce81320fb534f30@mail.gmail.com>
2006-02-01 15:30 ` Georg C. F. Greve
2006-02-01 16:32 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-02-01 22:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 23:43 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-02-02 0:18 ` Alan Cox
2006-02-02 8:39 ` Pierre Ossman
2006-02-02 9:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-02 9:32 ` Emilio Jesús Gallego Arias
2006-02-02 10:30 ` Helge Hafting
2006-02-04 17:45 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-02-02 10:46 ` James Bruce
2006-02-02 11:13 ` Emilio Jesús Gallego Arias
2006-02-02 12:31 ` Helge Hafting
2006-02-02 13:31 ` Emilio Jesús Gallego Arias
2006-02-02 16:23 ` Helge Hafting
2006-02-02 11:50 ` David Schwartz
2006-02-02 16:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-02 17:40 ` Emilio Jesús Gallego Arias
2006-02-02 9:37 ` Pierre Ossman
2006-02-02 14:45 ` Gene Heskett
2006-02-02 14:38 ` Alan Cox
2006-02-02 16:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-02 17:08 ` Pierre Ossman
2006-02-02 17:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-02 17:54 ` Pierre Ossman
2006-02-02 18:12 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-02-02 18:27 ` Pierre Ossman
2006-02-06 16:11 ` Horst von Brand
2006-02-02 18:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-02 19:20 ` Pierre Ossman
2006-02-02 19:46 ` Mark v Wolher
2006-02-02 19:52 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-02-02 23:07 ` Pierre Ossman
2006-02-02 23:52 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-02-03 8:14 ` Helge Hafting
2006-02-02 18:13 ` Ian Kester-Haney
2006-02-02 18:49 ` Lee Revell
2006-02-02 19:11 ` Christopher Friesen
2006-02-02 19:18 ` Lee Revell
2006-02-05 3:58 ` Luke-Jr
2006-02-05 7:06 ` Zan Lynx
2006-02-06 21:07 ` David Schwartz
2006-02-06 22:38 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-02-07 13:44 ` Luke-Jr
2006-02-07 13:40 ` Luke-Jr
2006-02-03 21:33 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-02-01 16:06 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-02-02 22:02 ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-02 22:24 ` Lee Revell
2006-02-02 23:04 ` Karim Yaghmour
[not found] ` <1138387136.26811.8.camel@localhost>
2006-01-28 2:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-28 5:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-28 6:25 ` Al Viro
2006-01-28 23:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-30 11:26 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-31 17:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-31 17:24 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-31 19:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-31 18:48 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-31 20:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-31 19:57 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-02-02 19:52 ` Matan Peled
[not found] ` <3e1162e60602021207o5893055fqe8a20c99ff8a19b6@mail.gmail.com>
2006-02-02 20:29 ` Matan Peled
2006-01-31 21:45 ` Paul Jakma
2006-01-31 21:47 ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-01-31 22:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 6:52 ` Gene Heskett
2006-01-31 22:04 ` Rene Herman
2006-01-31 23:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-31 23:32 ` Paul Jakma
2006-02-01 0:20 ` Paul Jakma
2006-02-01 14:29 ` Rene Herman
2006-02-01 22:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 23:29 ` Rene Herman
2006-02-02 0:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-02 0:16 ` Alan Cox
2006-02-02 1:08 ` David Schwartz
2006-02-02 9:50 ` Rene Herman
2006-02-02 6:39 ` Andrew James Wade
2006-02-02 6:57 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-02-02 7:11 ` David Schwartz
2006-02-03 3:56 ` Andrew James Wade
2006-02-03 5:35 ` David Schwartz
2006-02-03 13:31 ` Andrew James Wade
2006-02-03 3:35 ` Andrew James Wade
2006-02-03 5:35 ` David Schwartz [this message]
2006-02-01 22:46 ` David Schwartz
2006-02-02 12:31 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2006-01-31 23:48 ` Alan Cox
2006-02-01 0:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 0:45 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-31 19:55 ` Marc Perkel
2006-01-31 19:10 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-31 20:16 ` Marc Perkel
2006-01-31 19:27 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-31 23:57 ` Alan Cox
2006-02-01 10:01 ` Rogier Wolff
2006-02-01 13:59 ` GPL V3 -- PLEA FOR SANITY Theodore Ts'o
2006-01-31 20:32 ` GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders Diego Calleja
2006-01-31 20:43 ` Josh Boyer
2006-02-01 0:06 ` Alan Cox
2006-02-01 1:02 ` Marc Perkel
2006-01-26 0:53 ` Kurt Wall
2006-01-21 2:27 ` GPL V3 and Linux Alexander Shishckin
2006-01-21 4:08 ` Chase Venters
2006-01-21 5:56 ` Alexander Shishckin
2006-01-21 18:28 ` Chase Venters
2006-01-21 19:01 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2006-01-21 20:43 ` Horst von Brand
2006-01-23 22:10 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-01-24 0:34 ` Chase Venters
2006-01-24 0:52 ` Harald Arnesen
2006-01-24 1:55 ` Ian Kester-Haney
2006-01-24 3:08 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-01-24 9:10 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2006-01-24 15:49 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-24 9:37 ` Wartan Hachaturow
2006-01-24 10:23 ` David Schwartz
2006-01-24 10:38 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-24 13:53 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-01-24 16:13 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-01-25 1:21 ` Ian Kester-Haney
2006-01-25 9:42 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2006-01-25 16:02 ` [OT] " Steven Rostedt
2006-01-27 3:10 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-01-27 9:54 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2006-01-27 10:13 ` Bas Westerbaan
2006-01-27 10:25 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2006-01-27 13:29 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-01-27 17:51 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-01-28 11:38 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2006-01-27 2:01 ` Rik van Riel
2006-01-28 20:18 ` Graham Murray
2006-01-23 9:09 ` Helge Hafting
2006-01-23 9:52 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2006-02-02 18:48 GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders Shawn Starr
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