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Re: DRAFT: debian-legal summary of the QPL



Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
>On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 11:38:23AM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> The GPL discriminates against a slightly smaller set of dissidents.=20
>
>Which set?

The ones who want to be able to give binaries to people when they don't
necessarily trust them with the source.

>> The GPL discriminates against people on desert islands who have a=20
>> binary CD but not a source one.
>
>How?

They find that they can't distribute any further.

>> Make the tests sufficiently silly and we can ban every single license
>> for discriminating against a field of endeavour.
>
>Sure, but I don't think either the dissident test or the desert island
>test fall into this category.

Mm. I'm unconvinced.
-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.debian.legal@srcf.ucam.org



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