Re: Bug#883966: debian-policy: please add MIT/Expat to common licenses
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 08:52:54AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> > We always distribute the source code along with the binary packages.
> > This condition would still be satisfied. If it works for Red Hat /
> > Fedora it should work for Debian too.
>
> Do you argue, then, that the act of copying from server to client which
> occurs when an end user runs 'apt-get install packagename' on a
> not-previously-downloaded package does not constitute distribution?
No it does not. What you describe is downloading, not distribution.
The server is performing distribution but it always offer both source
and binary.
The client is performing downloading and copying. It is its choice to
download binaries only.
However: this covers the GPL clause about source distribution, but it
might not satisfy the MIT "include in all copy" clause because it
says copy not distribute.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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