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Re: Where can I find gs-aladdin 5.03?



joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen) writes:

> 
> > joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen) writes:
> > 
> > > Anyway, chances are, that anyone who sells Slackware CD's with gs-aladdin 4.03
> > > on it gets sued (read the copyright on gs-aladdin), so that's the reason
> > > it doesn't get included with debian: it's non-free.
> > 
> > no, that's definitively wrong. The license allows *explicitly* the
> > distribution with a CD (I read it).
> 
> I've done so, and many other people on debian-devel.
> 
> It says:
> 
>         (ii) Distributing the Program on a CD-ROM, provided that the files
>              containing the Program are reproduced entirely and verbatim on such
>              CD-ROM, and provided further that all information on such CD-ROM be
>              redistributable for non-commercial purposes without charge.
> 

but is proceded with this sentence:

    However, the following methods of distribution involving payment shall
    not in and of themselves be a violation of this restriction:

So it can be put on a Debian CD. Right!?

Hope so
      Christian

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