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Re: license question



On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Joey Hess wrote:

> Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> 
> > 5. The documentation is completely and totally non-free
> 
> Nod. Do you think removing the documentation from the package constitutes
> modifying it, and would violate the license?

Removing the documentation would violate this:

> > > 3) The program may be copied and distributed by any person or organisation in
> > >    any way whatsoever, provided that any distribution is accompanied by a copy
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > >    of all the documentation pertaining to the program. You may not charge
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > >    for the program itself, only for reasonable costs of distributing the
> > >    program, and you must not do anything to suggest to the person to whom it is
> > >    distributed that analog is anything other than free software. Furthermore,
> > >    you may not charge for distributing a modified version of the program
> > >    unless the source code for the modified version, or a list of differences
> > >    between the modified version and the original version, is publicly and
> > >    freely available in machine readable form. 
> > >    [If you distribute analog with a book or something like that, I'd be
> > >    pleased to receive a copy].

Remco
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