Re: Fields of Endeavor (was Re: [Fwd: Intent to package: pm3])

[Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net>]

Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl> writes:

> "If you use this software, you must pet a cat" fails the
> DFSG on this point.

> But "If you distribute this software without source code, you must
> accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years,
> to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of
> physically performing source distribution, a complete
> machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
> distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
> customarily used for software interchange" apparently does not.
> Why not?

Because it is not a restriction. GPL allows me to distribute the
software and source together without doing wierd things. It gives
me the *option* of distributing binaries alone if I do wierd things.

If would be DFSG compliant to say "You may modify the program and
distribute your modified program under this license. You may
distribute the modified program under your own proprietary license if
you pet a cat."

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