Re: Licensing, was elvis package
At 13:09 27/04/98 -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
>Richard Braakman wrote:
>> >The GPL specifically forbids the OS vendor from making use of the
>> >shipped-with-the-OS clause. (This closes a large loophole).
>> >So if Motif is considered a standard part of the Red Hat OS, then
>> >everyone *except* Red Hat can distribute such a program.
>
>Shaya Potter <spotter@kby.netmedia.net.il> wrote:
>> I apologize in advance for anyone who thinks I'm trolling, but wouldn't that
>> fail the discrimination part of the DFSG?
>
>Richard has oversimplified that clause. It really says that you can't
>distribute such a binary with the "commonly available" non-free
>component.
>
>In any event, the discrimination isn't on who gets to use the software,
>but on what exceptions are being made to the "source code availability
>is required when you distribute binaries" clause. In all cases where
>it's ok to distribute, you can distribute to anyone.
>
>The discrimination part of the DFSG is about making sure that you can
>distribute to anyone.
oh, Ok.
>
>[If you already understood that then, yes, you were trolling.]
No I didn't know that, I read through the GPL once, 2 summers ago, so I
don't have a clear recollection of it.
Shaya
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