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Re: A new practical problem with invariant sections?



On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:19:32 +1100, Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> said:

> if there is a particular process which can shoehorn the document into
> the limited device, then it's perfectly OK to distribute the document
> along with with instructions (whether human-executable instructions or
> a script/program) for doing so. i.e. this meets the requirements of
> the "patch clause" in the DFSG.

Note that the "patch clause" only applies to limiting distribution of
the modified source to be "original source + patch".  A license cannot
limit distribution to the modified binary to be "binary obtained from
original source + patch".

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