Re: Copyright: Restrictions on selling with hardware?
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On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> This seems to fail the dfsg, but the dfsg only says:
> ********************************************************************
> 1. Free Redistribution
>
> The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from
> selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate
> software distribution containing programs from several different
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> sources. The license may not require a royalty or other fee for such
^^^^^^^
> sale.
> *********************************************************************+
The way I read the original license, it only concerned cases where
mgetty was being distributed *independently* from aggregate software.
> Note the term "component of an aggregate software distribution". It does not
> say that the license have to permit that it can be sold with hardware.
In fact, Gerd's license does not prohibit that it can be sold with
hardware; merely that mgetty *alone* cannot be sold with hardware.
I'm an engineer, not a lawyer, of course, but that's how I read it.
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