Taketoshi Sano proclaimed:
> So, I proposed the author to change the license as following,
> and He agrees to this change now.
>
> %%%
> Redistribution and use with or without modification are permitted provided
> that the following conditions are met:
>
> 1. One of the following (1-a,1-b,1-c)
>
> 1-a. Source distribution have all information in the original distribution.
> 1-b. Binary distribution have the complete corresponding machine-readable
> source code to build up the working version of the software.
Many users get Debian in a binary form (because it is cheaper). How could
such a user comply with 1-b when they buy a binary only CD? 1-c is too
complex for me to even understand.
Furthermore, all bits are machine-redable by nature. The bits are already
in a machine. In my eyes 1-b might be read as saying that you can ship the
binaries as long as you ship *printed* source code with it that is machine
readable.
The author should probably change 1-b to:
1-b. Binary distribution have documentation on means of obtaining source
code to build a working version of the software.
Thaths
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right -- no, the duty -- to make a complete ass of myself."
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