Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932128AbWAaXcu (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:32:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932129AbWAaXcu (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:32:50 -0500 Received: from hibernia.jakma.org ([212.17.55.49]:22409 "EHLO hibernia.jakma.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932128AbWAaXct (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:32:49 -0500 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:32:26 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Jakma X-X-Sender: paul@sheen.jakma.org To: Linus Torvalds cc: Rene Herman , "Jeff V. Merkey" , Alan Cox , Chase Venters , "linux-os \\(Dick Johnson\\)" , Kyle Moffett , Marc Perkel , Patrick McLean , Stephen Hemminger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <43D114A8.4030900@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20060120111103.2ee5b531@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> <43D13B2A.6020504@cs.ubishops.ca> <43D7C780.6080000@perkel.com> <43D7B20D.7040203@wolfmountaingroup.com> <43D7B5C4.5040601@wolfmountaingroup.com> <43D7D05D.7030101@perkel.com> <1138387136.26811.8.camel@localhost> <1138620390.31089.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43DF9D42.7050802@wolfmountaingroup.com> <43DFB0F2.4030901@wolfmountaingroup.com> <43DFDEF9.2030001@keyaccess.nl> Mail-Copies-To: paul@hibernia.jakma.org Mail-Followup-To: paul@hibernia.jakma.org X-NSA: al aqsar fluffy jihad cute musharef kittens jet-A1 ear avgas wax ammonium bad qran dog inshallah allah al-akbar martyr iraq hammas hisballah rabin ayatollah korea revolt pelvix mustard gas x-ray british airways washington peroxide cool MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 837 Lines: 25 On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote: > And btw, the GPL (the license text) is not incompatible with itself. Yes, > the license says > > "Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies > of this license document, but changing it is not allowed." Right, that's to discourage any hasty and likely ill-advised 'local' changes to the GPL. The FSF do grant permission to modify the GPL though: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: If there is no wind, row. -- Polish proverb - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/