On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
And btw, the GPL (the license text) is not incompatible with itself. Yes, the license says "Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed."
Right, that's to discourage any hasty and likely ill-advised 'local' changes to the GPL. The FSF do grant permission to modify the GPL though:
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