On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 03:26:30 +0100, Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 10:57:05PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:05:14 -0400, > > David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > [1] I've run into a fair bit of GPL'd PalmOS software. While free > > > software is well and good, the main way handheld software seems to > > > get shared is by IR beaming -- which is binary-only, so I think > > > the GPL effectively prevents me from sharing, say, OpenChess this > > > way. > > > > ..huh??? You can't IR-beam source as text files between these toys? > > Perhaps the toy-ness is the issue - not enough storage for the source? > > Surely it would be good enough to distribute the binary along with a > URL from which the source is available? After all, this is effectively > what I'm doing if I give someone a set of Debian CDs. ..I would agree, as you point your "someone" to that url, they _have_ access to the source at their own discretion, you don't have to stuff it down their throat, just to make it available. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
