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Hi.

First of all, I would like to thank the FSF for project GNU.  They have
changed the way I think about software and have (unknowingly)
contributed much to my professional development.

I had already posted this about a month ago.  Either it didn't get
through, or nobody was interested.  Either way, after a month, I think I
can risk posting again.

The Situation:  I have a bunch of TeX files.  I want to give them away. 
I want to make sure that everybody who's got the documents may modify
them or give them away.  I want to make sure that everybody has, or can
get, the source code.

The Proposal:  Take the GPL, modify it to read "document" instead of
"program" and make other like changes, call it "General Public Document
License" and copyright the stuff under this license.

The Problem:  The GPL says quite clearly that everybody is welcome to
make verbatim copies of it, but that changes are not allowed.  On the
other hand, this would be an entirely new type of free license.  It
protects documents, not software.

The Question:  May I modify the GPL to suit my needs?  If anybody
(especially somebody at the FSF) wants to see what I did to the GPL, i
can send it via email, or even post it.

Since this question is important to me, please reply.

Thank you, keep up the good work, and have fun.

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