[Bf-committers] License for the binary distro

[Alistair Riddoch]

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On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 05:06:55PM +0100, 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.
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> I also agree with the analysis of you and Max. But maybe it would also be=
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> to write an email to the FSF to clear things up? I mean, they've got lawy=
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I have contacted Dave Turner, the FSF license engineer, informally about
this as he is a member of the WorldForge online community, and he
has confirmed that the wording of the license previously described
in this thread does mean that a copy of the GPL must be included with
a binary distribution.

Al
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Alistair Riddoch
alriddoch@zepler.org
http://zepler.org/~alriddoch/

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