Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!
On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 07:51:30AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 05:04:02PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > If you distribute binary images with a magazine and have something in
> > that magazine saying "if you want the source write to <address> with a
> > photocopy of this specific text", everything is okay.
>
> No more so than "if you want the source write to <address>, enclosing a
> picture of you petting a cat". Unless, of course, you can show that "a
> photocopy of this specific text" is a necessary cost of providing the
> source.
You're only required to provide the source to those who received a
written promise from you or anyone who passed on the written promise.
The GPL does not say that you may not require proof of them having
received the written promise.
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-- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4
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