On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 10:45:49PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com> writes:
> > Where in the GPL does it make a distinction??
> The GPL speaks of what you distribute. When you put a bunch of pieces
> up on a web site, the question of whether you intend to distribute
> the pieces or only the combined whole is a question of what your
> intention is. One indication of Debian's intention is that it
> advertises individual .debs for download.
Which are intended to update an existing Debian system (hence the
instructions to run "dpkg -i", eg). That is, they're intended for people
to whom we've already distributed an entire system, including the GPL.
Cheers,
aj
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