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   Erin 💽✨ (erincandescent@akko.erincandescent.net)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 04:29:13 JST Erin 💽✨

   :drgn_think: The GPL is not actually a free license because you’re not allowed to modify it

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     Erin 💽✨ (erincandescent@akko.erincandescent.net)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 04:29:11 JST Erin 💽✨

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     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

     Version 3, 29 June 2007

     Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. https://fsf.org/

     Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: likes this.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 04:30:34 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @erincandescent Yeah, always found it weird when I think some other licences allow modifications with a "name must be changed" requirement.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 04:33:43 JST 翠星石

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     @erincandescent Infidel, if they didn't do that, people would just modify the GPLv3 into a proprietary license and say that such proprietary license is the "GNU General Public License version 3".
     
     Permission to modify the license has been granted, provided you remove the preamble and any reference to GNU and the FSF: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL
     
     This is quite unique for licenses - as most license authors refuse to allow for any modifications, very much so including pushover licenses (some are so short that they don't qualify for copyright, but there are a few longer ones that are creative enough that copyright applies).
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 04:34:40 JST 翠星石

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     @lanodan https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL