[Bf-committers] License for the binary distro

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

I've mailed my contact in the FSF... I'm still confused, because I  
learned that you can license the binary with any other license, for as  
long you offer the sources together with it under GPL...

-Ton-


On Sunday, Feb 9, 2003, at 17:06 Europe/Amsterdam, Arne Schmitz wrote:

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> Am Samstag, 8. Februar 2003 18:42 schrieb Alistair Riddoch:
>> I have read over the license carefully, and I agree with Max's
>> analysis. You do need to provide a copy of the GPL with the binary,
>> though the user is not required to agree to the license if they
>> just want to run the software.
>
> I also agree with the analysis of you and Max. But maybe it would also  
> be wise
> to write an email to the FSF to clear things up? I mean, they've got  
> lawyers
> and everything and should be able to give some advice.
>
> 	http://www.fsf.org/home.html#ContactInfo
>
> Cheers,
>
> 	Arne
>
>
> - --
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