Ken Arromdee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: >> First, there's a separation exception: >> >> If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the >> Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate >> works in themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply >> to those sections when you distribute them as separate works. >> >> This means that it's fine for Kaffe and Eclipse to be distributed >> separately. But it's not OK to throw them both on a CD and label it >> "Debian OS", if running eclipse loads a program made out of copies of >> Kaffe and Eclipse. >> >> There's also the OS exception, which Debian can't use... > > There's a third exception. The implicit exception "if you're not > doing something which requires permission from us in the first > place, then we can't prevent you from doing it". I think people are > arguing that it falls under the third exception, not the other two.
A copy of a creative work (Kaffe) is being distributed. That this doesn't require permission from the copyright holder is unlikely. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
