Re: DRAFT: debian-legal summary of the QPL
Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
>> Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
>>>If those were the only options, it was the loose consensus that that would
>>>not be free.
>>
>> Really? Wow. That's insane.
>
>Merely internally consistent. A requirement that I can only
>distribute by offering to distribute to any third party is not Free.
>
>Practically speaking, imagine what happens when every microsoft
>employee separately requests a copy of GNU Emacs, on tape please.
You're free to charge the costs incurred. It's not clear to me that GPL
3b allows the recipient to specify the preferred medium.
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Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.debian.legal@srcf.ucam.org
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