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Re: [PROPOSAL] Full text of GPL must be included



On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 10:45:49PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> 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.

Since when does intention have anything to do with breaking the law?
Negligence is also a crime. The FSF is violating the GPL when they
make binaries such as /bin/ls downloadable without the downloading of
the GPL. Negligence is no excuse.

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