On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 04:14:40PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 05:23:51PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > "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. > > Sure you can; send a message in a bottle (or via one-way satellite). Lots > of desert island failures are like that, eg. "if the original author requests > the source, you must send it". I think this is outside the scope of the desert island test. It primarily targets clauses of the form "You must send the original author a copy of any modifications you make". Arguments on the merits for weaker clauses like the one you describe, please. > This also fails the Chinese Dissident test: if I *have* to give you a written > offer that can be given to someone else, then it's forcing me to communicate > with whoever you decide to give it to. The chinese dissident test is about revealing identity, not communication. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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