Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!

[Sylvain Sauvage <Sylvain.Sauvage@metanoesis.net>]

Lundi 17 juillet 2006, 23:37:45 CEST, Hubert Chan a écrit :
> 
> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:04:18 -0700, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
> said:
> 
> >> If there WERE anything that said that modified versions of Debian
> >> must be "avavilable for free download", it would mean that something
> >> is seriously, horribly, wrong. It would be a non-free requirement.
> 
> > You mean like the terms of the GPL?
> 
> The GPL doesn't require that anything be available for free _download_.
> The GPL doesn't specify the method of distribution; you could distribute
> only on a stack of backup tapes if you wanted to.

And the GPL doesn't require anyhing to be free either.

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 Sylvain Sauvage