On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:20:56AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > >In other words, the "desert island test" is a way of expressing [...] > So long as you add the rider that some of the debian-legal subscribers > believe it (and some of the other common "tests") are ridiculously > contrived and bogus. What do you think's contrived or bogus about the desert island test? Being able to use, modify and redistribute the software in a poorly connected environment is pretty useful, and a desert island scenario just takes that to an extreme. The dissident test is another matter, given its implied violation of local law. Cheers, aj
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