Re: A possible GFDL compromise

[Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org>]

On Monday, Sep 8, 2003, at 16:03 US/Eastern, Joe Moore wrote:

> Anthony DeRobertis said:
> > The GPL prohibits us from distributing Debian on orange peels or
> > probably even punch cards, because that's not "on a medium customarily
> > used for software interchange."
>
> The medium restriction you note refers only to the source code.  We can
> distribute Debian on orange peels (There's more to Debian than just 
> source).

No we can't. We can distribute parts of Debian on orange peels. The 
DFSG applies to all of Debian, not just the non-source subset.

> Also, if the binaries are distributed on orange peels, then orange 
> peels
> must meet the criteria for "software interchange", since the binaries 
> are
> software.

Yes, but that's irrelevant. It is certainly possible to interchange 
software on orange peels, but it is not a "medium customarily used for 
software interchange", which is what the GPL requires.