Re: DRAFT DFSG FAQ

["Joe Moore" <joemoore@iegrec.org>]

Barak Pearlmutter said:
> http://www-bcl.cs.unm.edu/~bap/dfsg-faq.html

Perhaps a bit of clarification on the desert island test:

Are there really two desert island tests?

1) Person is stranded with a laptop* and a Software CD set (source and
binaries)  Can she make modifications/improvements to the software, or
combine it in a novel way to make a communications device to get rescued?

2) Shipwreck, so several people are stranded with a laptop, etc...  If one
of them improves the software, can she share it with her other strandees?

--Joe
* The laptop is solar-powered, or it's powered with coconut batteries, or
something.