If memory serves, you cannot change the GPL and still call it the GPL as the License itself is copyrighted. However the rest of Paul's post is completely dead on.
Seablade
On 10/17/07, Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com> 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.
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