On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 02:53:25AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 01:13:44AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > > However, even though the GPL allows for a broad interpretation of > > "Program", the GPL hasn't been designed to be applied to non-programs > > which are often distributed in a form that is not machine-readable > > (see Francesco's message). > > This is a non-issue. It's also silly. There is no infrastructure for > distributing things that aren't machine-readable in Debian.
I think it's critical that I have permission to sell hardcopies of manuals; the lack of Debian infrastructure for that doesn't make it any less important. (Whether or not this is an issue with using the GPL for manuals, I have no idea.) -- Glenn Maynard
