On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 07:09:42AM -0500, Brian Mays wrote: > I'd say that the user should look here for a copy of the upstream > source. It certainly will have a copy of the license. Of course, the > user can always get a copy of the source from us. Hmmm it is said at the GPL license that we *must* do a written offer to the one we distribute to have the source codes and the license comes together... would it be the case of writing this offer in every GPLed packages's README.Debian?? So we would write:
This package is GPL you must get this license at www.gnu.... or at our site .... Because saying: "on Debian systems it can be found in..." is discriminating other dists users who may not have that directory or that license in it... thus making it a violation of the GPL. I still think that we should package GPL (and all other licensing issues) in the binary package (I can get a package from a friend... then... if I do not have Internet acces I'll not be able to see the license right?) but not install it... conffile would be an ally as proposed by someone I can't remeber who... I think that "complete work" stands for every work that can be used in any installed system without missing parts... just like fileutils and debhelper. Debian distribution is for me an selection of complete works that are all packaged together. I think that this discussion about "What GPL says..." is not taking us to anywhere... let's ask the one who wrote the license then!? We should ask him to aprove/disaprove the many suggestions we have had here. -- Gustavo Noronha Silva - kov /******************************************************* *http://www.doctorkov.cjb.net * *GPG Key: http://www.geocities.com/dockov/html/pgp.html* *irc.debian.org -> #debian-br UIN: 20766822 * *******************************************************/
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