Re: Summary : ocaml, QPL and the DFSG.

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

Michael Poole <mdpoole@troilus.org> wrote:

>The QPL doesn't release you from the obligation to provide changes to
>the author if you have since stopped distributing the software (for
>whatever reason).  That clause applies to *any* time at which the code
>is not available to the general public.  It would be plausible for an
>SCO or Microsoft to demand that a Debian package maintainer provide a
>three-year-old version of a package because Debian users downloaded
>that modified version.

I'm not convinced that applies. The clase is "These items, when
distributed, are subject to the following requirements" - what does
"when distributed" mean? At the point at which they are distributed? If
distributed once, these must always occur? 6a and 6b sound like they
only apply at the time of distribution.

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