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Re:VoltDB - in memory, ACID compliant, partitioned, SQL data... by koenigdavidmj on Thursday May 20, 2010 @02:03PM (#1364718)
>Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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Re:VoltDB - in memory, ACID compliant, partitioned, SQL data... by mbreese on Thursday May 20, 2010 @09:08PM (#1366041)
Somewhat ironically, the reason for this is that the FSF holds the copyright to the GPL, so only they can change it. Well, you could probably change it, but you couldn't call it the GPL anymore... and it would probably be copyright infringement.

I wonder what would happen if the GPL itself was licensed under the GPL... I suspect it would start raining turtles. :)

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Re:VoltDB - in memory, ACID compliant, partitioned, SQL data... by koenigdavidmj on Thursday May 20, 2010 @11:57PM (#1366328)
According to their FAQ you can change it, but you have to change the name and remove the preamble entirely.
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Re:VoltDB - in memory, ACID compliant, partitioned, SQL data... by stcredzero on Thursday May 20, 2010 @10:18PM (#1366162)
The GPL was devised as a way of turning Copyright against itself.
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