On 7/17/06, Radu-Cristian FOTESCU <beranger5ca@yahoo.ca> wrote:
FYI, if the modified special Debian Sarge is under GPL (and it is), I should either: 1. be able to download it for free; 2. be able to get it by post for a few euros. Not with a magazine! As a DVD. Period.
The GPL does *not* say that you must be able to obtain any of it for free. That is part of the very *definition* of free software. The GPL only states that there has to be a written offer for at least 3yrs to send the *source code* by post for cost price, to anyone *who you distribute it to.* This means the magazine only has to send the source code to *people who buy it.* FYI, Debian *does* hold a trademark, but the Debian trademark license allows usage by unofficial versions if they say that they are unofficial. andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - ajdlinux@jabber.org.au GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 ------------------------------- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484 OpenNIC user - http://www.opennic.unrated.net