Re: "object code" in the GPL and printed copies
Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> Indeed, an author can, to a certain extent, restrict commercial trade of the
> printed version this way. A publisher can publish a printed version under
> the GPL, but they have to tuck a CD with the complete source code for the
> book into every copy of the book. I would say that that would have to
> include all the typefaces used in the book, which would have to be under
> GPL-compatible licenses; and the cover art, likewise; and even the
> specifications for reproducing the binding. If they don't want to do that
> (and with the current behavior of publishers, I bet most won't want to), they
> need to get separate permission from the author.
I was also searching for a solution like this; typefaces and cover art
should "work".
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)
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