On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 02:41:08PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Josh Triplett: > > > Florian Weimer wrote: > >> * Josh Triplett: > >>>One other issue: does "and the nroff source is included" mean that if I > >>>want to hand someone a printed copy of a manual page, I have to either > >>>print the nroff source or supply it on an attached disk? This seems > >>>onerous for physical distribution. > >> > >> This is what happens if you apply the GPL to documentation, and it > >> seems to be considered acceptable. > > > > The GPL has an option for just providing an offer to provide source on > > request. > > "to give any third party", this fails the Desert Island (or some > variant of it) test. Nobody on a desert island can be requested to do anything. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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