On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 11:42 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > Yep, the question keeps popping up in the lists, long threads ensue, and > inevitably somebody says it is ok to to it. its OK for the copyright holders to do whatever they want. they can copy the GPL, edit it anyway they want, and use the result as their license. there might or might not be issues with calling it "GPL" or with using the actual text of the GPL, but ... the clause in the GPL restricts what you, a licensee, may do with the licensed material (i.e. you may not distribute it under a more restrictive license). it does not, and cannot, restrict what the copyright holder (i.e. licensor) for the licensed material can do with the material in question. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
