Rando Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Note that dpkg itself is GPLed, so if you have a working version of dpkg, > > you almost certainly already have a copy of the GPL. (On a Debian system, > > the GPL's in base-files, which is essential). Note that if you want to > > get any use out of a deb (other than just look at how it's laid out, > > maybe), you almost certainly need to run it on a Linux system, and Linux > > is also GPLed (ditto Hurd).
1) Linux binaries can be run on many non-Linux systems, like BSD, which might not have any copy of the GPL. 2) The license says it must be given with the binaries.
