Mike O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL ]. > > That URL says that you can modify the GPL to create your own license, > then release your software under that license, just don't call it "GPL" > anymore. It doesn't say, you can take some work that someone has > released under the GPL and modify the license, the release it under this > modified license. > > What the author has done in this case is say, "you can use this software > under these licenses, you can modify the software, but you cannot modify > the licenses".
I see the invariance of licences as a practical consequence of copyright law. If a licensor (note: not author) says we cannot modify the licence, that's a no-op for packages under that licence: we should be giving our downstream recipients the copyright licence as we got it anyway. If you put a licence as an uneditable part of another work (putting a GPL copy into a FDL invariant section, for example), then it is a bug. > Debian does have the requirement that you can modify the licenses that > software is released under, right? I don't understand this question. The licence is granted by upstream. We may or may not be able to release a derived work under a different licence, but as long as we can release it as free software under the same licence, that meets the DFSG (IIRC). Hope that explains, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
