Re: RE : Re: RE : Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!
Scripsit Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 11:48:05PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote:
>> > You never said how comes that something labeled "Debian" should *not* be
>> > available as free download, as long as debian.org says Debian GNU/Linux
>> > is available for free download!
>> There is no such requirement. The _default_ state of legal matters is
>> that you can do as you want _unless_ there is something concrete that
>> says you cannot. In this case there is nothing that says that modified
>> versions of debian must be "available for free download".
>> If there WERE anything that said that modified versions of Debian must
>> be "avavilable for free download", it would mean that something is
>> seriously, horribly, wrong. It would be a non-free requirement.
> You mean like the terms of the GPL?
The GPL does not require anything to be "available for free download".
I though you knew that.
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