Re: LICENSES [was: Re: Have you seen this?]

[Anders Wegge Jakobsen <wegge@wegge.dk>]

Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no> writes:

> Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
> > as mentioned at least once before, glibc is distributed with the operating
> > system.  therefore the special exception applies.
> 
> It applies to applications that are not distributed with the operating
> system (and to other applications that are distributed along with, in
> this example, glibc).
> 
> > how many times do we have to chase this one around?
> 
> Until we agree on what "accompany" (the critical word in the GPL)
> means, I guess.  Do you agree that glibc accompanies ls if both are
> distributed as part of, say, a Debian 2.0 CD?

 No. That's a case of mere aggregation. It's possible, without any
problems at all, to get either glibc or fileutils, without getting
both. 

-- 
/Wegge