Re: Dangerous precedent being set - possible serious violation of the GPL
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>> you have to include the note `This distro is partially made of free
>> software' in all ads of distros mixed from either free and non-free code
> Since the required sentence does not contain the author's name, this
> does not cause the same practical problems as the BSD advertising clause.
I think the basic practical problem remains: if I make a cdrom with a
gazillion different tarballs, most of which are free except that they
require some specific language to be included in all marketing of
my disk---but DIFFERENT language for each package---it might be
difficult for me to market that cdrom at all, because 3 square feet
of those blurbs in 5-point print end up being rather expensive
in most newspapers and magazines. And my potential customers would
probably not bother reading my ad at all if it looks like that.
--
Henning Makholm "Guldnålen er hvis man har en *bror* som er *datalog*."
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