On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:26:22PM -0700, John Galt wrote: > > > > > > > In the Real-World application, though, installing 300+ copies of the GPL > > > > is absurd, and, quite frankly, a waste of space. Which seems the only > > > > way > > > > to satisfy him. > > > > > > Certainly it's not necessary, as has been pointed out a jillion times > > > already in this thread. We could very easily make sure the GPL is in > > > all the relevant .debs and yet not need to install a jillion copies on > > > the user's disk...(elllipsis added) > > > > ...just have a jillion copies in the archives. > > As there already are in the source archive.
Where they are unambiguously required to be, and are but another text file in an archive full of text files. > > Now multiply that by the ~18K that > > /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL takes. > > Compressed it is a third of this. All in all it would make about 12 MB per That's 3 copies of libc6 or slightly less than 1000 copies of base-passwd. Matter of fact, that 12 MB could be saved by removing the GNU flagship, emacs. > architecture, two thousand additional copies of the GPL assumed. What a deal. > Or <nr of ports>/1000000 of the full archive. What a deal. One byte for politics is too much. > Marcus > > -- The Internet must be a medium for it is neither Rare nor Well done! <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">John Galt </a>
