Hi,
>>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 Marcus> :)  Yes, well, this is why I want vendors to ship the non-free stuff 
on a
 Marcus> seperate CD.

 Marcus> The point is, you will never be allowed to remopve the
 Marcus> copyright notices.  For example, you'll never be allowed to
 Marcus> make emacs print the Artistic License with C-h C-c [please no
 Marcus> clever arguments about chnaging the key layout and so on].

__> egrep 'COPYING|GPL'  /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list | wc -l
     34
__> ls -1 /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list | wc -l
   1376


        Shipping the GPL as part of the package is the exception
 rather than the rule. and /usr/doc/copyright/GPL is a shipped
 standalone. 

 Marcus> This restrictions protect our freedom, so they are good.

        The restriction on standards protect our freedom to coperate
 and build synergy, and they are good.

        manoj
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Manoj Srivastava  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
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