On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 09:08:24PM +0200, luther@debian.org wrote: > >>>> The GPL discriminates against people on > >>>> desert islands who have a binary CD but not a source one. > >>>I must have missed that one. How? > >> Because they can't give any of the contents to their washed-up > >> companion. > >That person has either deleted his copies of the source or failed to > >ask for them; either way, it's his own fault. Alternately, somebody > >upstream of him has violated the copyright by not obeying the > >license. > Well, he may have that written offer to get source copies for three year, > don't he ? In which case, he's allowed to pass that offer on to his companions on the island, as long as he's not engaging in commercial distribution. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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