Olive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thus, if a work is received by the Debian project under "GPL plus > > extra terms", then, if those extra terms place additional > > restrictions beyond the GPL, Debian cannot satisfy both those > > terms and the terms of the GPL section 6; and thus, under section > > 7, may not redistribute the work at all. > > You do not have addressed my points. Why does Debian can not satisfy > GPL + extra terms? The GPL + extra terms is the conditions that Debian > must satisfy. The GPL forbids _Debian_ to put additional restrictions; > it does not says that Debian cannot distribute a GPL + additional > restriction software if these extra conditions has been put by the > copyright holder; since it is not Debian who have put these additional > restrictions (and the copyright holder cannot violate the GPL).
If the Debian project distributes the work and specifies license terms to the receiver, it doesn't matter who *wrote* those terms; it is the Debian project imposing the restrictions, by dint of distributing the software under those terms. -- \ "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make | `\ you something else is the greatest accomplishment." -- Ralph | _o__) Waldo Emerson | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
