On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 02:45:14AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > You can "distribute the end product under the GPL". You cannot remove > > fsf-funding and distribute the result. > > But that means you can't distribute the end product under the terms of > the GPL, which include (in part 2) the ability to make modifications > only taking into account a few random things. Not being able to remove > the fsf-funding document isn't one of them. > > So only one of your statements above is true.
Which is the whole point; I constructed a test case to demonstrate a logical flaw in your statement. Now, translating this back to the sunrpc case: "But that means you can't distribute the end product under the terms of the GPL, which include (in part 2) the ability to make modifications only taking into account a few random things. Not being able to remove everything but the sunrpc code isn't one of them." You have, in effect, precisely stated why I do not believe the sunrpc code to be compatible with the GPL. [I have a few pages explaining why most of the other points in your mail were wrong, but I'm skipping them for now as that isn't directly relevant]. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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