Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What do you think about the FSF using/endorsing nonfree cultural works?

[Fabio Pesari]

On 02/11/2016 05:25 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote:
> I don't think the GPL example is a good one as it would be fair use to
> create a license very similar to the GPL. If the GPL itself were CC
> BY-SA, then the FSF could insist on derivatives *not* carrying the "GNU"
> name anyway. Regardless, if someone wrote "Joe's GPL" that was different
> but similar to the GNU GPL and had some of the same clauses, the FSF
> would not sue them, and they probably would have total fair use
> arguments, and everyone would just treat it as a new and different
> license that was just similar to the GNU GPL.

Forgot to say that this already happened in at least one case, the
Nethack GPL:

http://www.nethack.org/common/license.html

they clearly violated Richard Stallman's copyright here. Are you going
to sue them or what? :)