Re: OSD && DFSG - different purposes - constructive suggestion!
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 16:00, Walter Landry wrote:
> Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote:
> > Arguments about practicality, that this makes doing legitimate things harder
> > or impossible in some situations for purely technical reasons (the stranded
> > on an island test does this), are valid, but I haven't really seen any.
>
> What about an ATM machine? If the ATM machine communicated with the
> central database using code with this enforced distribution clause,
> then you have to distribute to the users of the ATM. Modifying an ATM
> to distribute code in addition to cash seems rather onerous.
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