Hacking the copyleft?

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From: Andras Kornai
Date: Thu, 21 May 1992 20:42

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I would like to use the GNU General Public License (copyleft) to put a
bibliography database in the better-than-public domain.  However, the
wording will have to be changed here and there (for example there is
no "program" just data files) and the gnu COPYING file explicitely states
it should not be modified. 

Since the intention is to make the database freely available, I think
the FSF wouldn't mind having their pathbreaking legal work (I'm sure
the copyleft embodies a great deal of consulting with lawyers and
such) hacked and re-used. However, it seems only fair to get their 
explicit permission to do so. Who should I ask?

Thanks,

Andras Kornai

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Subject: Hacking the copyleft?
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