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Bug#78341: marked as done ([PROPOSAL] Full text of GPL must be included)

Your message dated Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:46:50 -0500
with message-id <87bquobdid.fsf@glaurung.internal.golden-gryphon.com>
and subject line Closing out ancient, fixed bugs
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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RMS just asked me if it was true that all our packages don't include
the GPL, just a reference to it, since that is a violation of the
GPL itself. In his words:

rms> I'm told that (some or all) Debian packages for GPL-covered programs
rms> don't contain a copy of the GPL--just a reference.  See an example
rms> below.
rms> 
rms> Is that accurate?  If so, it has to be fixed.  The GPL says that a
rms> copy of the GPL must come with the package.  When you distribute a
rms> whole system, once copy of the GPL in it is ok in principle; but when
rms> a single package is distributed, it has to *come with* a copy
rms> of the GPL.

Reading the GPL section 3 says that for binaries the rules in sections 1
and 2 also apply, and 1 states that a copy of the GPL has to be
included..

Wichert.

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