[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Claus Färber) writes: > Brian Thomas Sniffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb/wrote: >> What's in a normal Debian install doesn't matter, because it all gets >> distributed together on mirrors and in cd-packs. There's a very >> specific phrase used to keep MS and Sun from shipping Emacs with their >> proprietary libc: "unless that component itself accompanies the >> executable." > > If we follow this interpretation, this means that you can't distribute > an closed source OS with GPL tools. IMO, this was not the intention of > the GPL authors. If you have to distribute the component with the GPL > software, this is a sign that it's not universally available on the > operating system. However, if you are distributing an OS...
That was *exactly* the intent of the GPL authors: to prevent Sun from distributing the GNU tools with Solaris. They do distribute them separately. > Well, we should not think: "openssl accompanies $tool-ssl" but: > "$tool-ssl accompanies Debian which also includes openssl (or a > compatible SSL library)". Silly syntax games don't help anything: the author put it under the GPL because he *didn't* want it shipped with software with restrictions like OpenSSL's. So we should follow his wishes and not distribute it that way. If he wants it distributable with OpenSSL, he'll grant a license exception. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
