On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:36:37AM -0700, Ken Arromdee wrote: > On Tue, 26 Apr 2011, Jeff Epler wrote: > >I'm trying to figure out how transmitting a range of bytes in a > >torrent is different than transmitting a range of bytes in response to > >e.g., an FTP REST or an HTTP byte-range request. > > It's not. Imagine that instead of torrenting the file, you just downloaded it > by FTP, then made it available for someone else to get by FTP.
I agree that a debian ISO image such as http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.1a/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.1a-i386-netinst.iso does not fulfill the 3.a) "complete machine-readable source code" condition for distribution. Are you saying that nothing inside a (complete) debian ISO image containing GPLv2 software in executable form fulfills either the 3.b) "written offer" or 3.c) "information you received" conditions for distribution? That if I give someone a CDR with a debian*netinst.iso burned on it it and nothing else, I'm violating the GPLv2? If so, it seems to me that this is a bug in debian that could be fixed. Once that's fixed, and if you agree that receiving the file divided into distinct packets over a network system, then it seems you'd have to agree that bittorrent distribution is OK too. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110428121458.ga8...@unpythonic.net
