Re: True random number generator goes online

[Paul Kienzle]

On Jul 19, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:

> On 19/07/07, Søren Hauberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> > "
> > License
> > -------
> > Freeware. If you wish, you can modify some of the library's source in
> > the m-files. However,
> > if redistributed, you must leave the copyright notice and distribute 
> > it
> > together with this
> > readme file.
> > "
>
> The distribution with the readme may be problematic if the readme
> can't be modified. It's certainly not DFSG-free, but the FSF may
> consider it free. If modifications of the readme are forbidden, it is
> not GPL compatible.

Is the GPL GPL compatible?

        Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>

	Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this 
license document, but changing it is not allowed.

Is it any difference from requiring a license file distributed with the 
package?  I can't imagine a reasonable person objecting to this from a 
GPL perspective, but then IANAL.

        - Paul