Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Sniffen write: >>Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>> That's some strong crack you've been smoking Brian; I'd give it a rest >>> for a while. Your interpretation of how applications, libraries and >>> the kernel live together is *special*. >> >>My interpretation is just the plain wording of GPL 2b: the Debian OS >>is a work, and it is distributed, and it contains many GPL'd programs. >> >>The only reason the whole thing doesn't have to be distributed under >>the terms of the GPL is the "mere aggregation" exception, which >>doesn't apply to a Java program that can only be in Main because of a >>GPL'd JVM. > > The two have no link until the end user runs the program, and at that > point there's no distribution happening.
They are being put onto the same CD image by Debian. Well, will be put, if this goes into main. Also, when one is requested from apt the other is installed. Those links mean that this isn't mere aggregation, since mere aggregation would exist without them. That is, in order to count as a mere aggregation, they can be no closer than the furthest they could be and still be said to be aggregated. Certainly if one's only being allowed into main because the other is there, they're not merely aggregated. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
