Re: DRAFT: debian-legal summary of the QPL

[Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Josh Triplett <josh.trip@verizon.net> wrote:
>Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> There's a strong feeling that people should be allowed to do what they
>> want if it doesn't involve other people. Private undistributed
>> modification falls within this. Distribution, on the other hand,
>> is something that is of interest to the original developer. When
>> multiple people are involved, there's a belief that they should both
>> consent to what's going on.
>
>Not sure I understand the last sentence; when multiple people are
>involved, *those people* would all consent to what's going on.

One of the people involved in distribution is the copyright holder.

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