Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>"Thomas" == Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thomas> One way that it certainly matters is that nobody at GNU advertises > Thomas> individual binaries on ftp.gnu.org in that way for download. > > Thomas> Debian advertises individual .debs for download in many contexts. > > I am not sure I agree with this statement.
Well, consider debian-security, for one. > Thomas> This is an important difference. It's not the whole story, but it's > Thomas> part of it. > > This is news to me. Given that the GPL does not mention this > important advertizing distinction, who is it exactly that is > assigning pririties to this extra-licence issues, and where can we > get an authoritative list of additional constraints and guidelines to > using the GPL? It's not a special extra distinction, it's part of figuring out what it counts as to distribute a thing. If you put a big composite thing on a download site, whether it's one thing or a bunch of things is basically determined by your intent, which is measured by your statements and your actions.
