[cc-community] Open Hardware Licence
Patrick Godeau
patrick.godeau at free.fr
Thu May 7 16:21:22 EDT 2009
Le 07/05/2009 00:51, Mike Linksvayer a écrit :
>
> Another minor but annoying thing is in the footer -- the license text
> itself is apparently "copyleft" but only verbatim copying is allowed.
>
Sure! Incidentally, this is the same for CC licenses, if you read carefully:
"8. e. [...] This License may not be modified without the mutual written
agreement of the Licensor and You."
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
> I guess they chose their name well, because GNU is a lot smarter than
> this -- IANG Aint No GNU, indeed.
>
Oh, by the way, read the 1st line of the GNU GPL:
"Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed."
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
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