On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 15:32 -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > 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. Thanks for the clarification! -- Fernando _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
