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Re: Quake and snes9x should be in main



On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:30:34AM +0100, Tom Cato Amundsen wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 06:58:14PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 12:44:03AM +0100, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 16 January 2001 00:30, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> > > > snes9x license:
> > > [snip]
> > > >  * Snes9x is freeware for PERSONAL USE only. Commercial users should
> > > >  * seek permission of the copyright holders first. Commercial use includes
> > > >  * charging money for Snes9x or software derived from Snes9x.
> > > 
> > > DFSG:
> > > -----
> > > Free Redistribution 
> > > The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party froms 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. 
> > 
> > You cannot charge money for GPL software either.
> > 
> Yes you can burn you own cd with emacs + source and sell it, but anyone
> buying your $100 cd can burn 100 copies and give it away to friends, or
> sell it or nail it to the wall instead of buying a real wallpaper.

No, it specifically says that you can only charge a reasonable media
fee.

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