Aaron Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:09:07PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > Strawman. Tell me how your argument differes from me > > > downloading ftp://ftp.gnu.org/bin/ls and not getting the GPL. > > > > One way that it certainly matters is that nobody at GNU advertises > > individual binaries on ftp.gnu.org in that way for download. > [snip] > > This is an important difference. It's not the whole story, but it's > > part of it. > > Where in the GPL does it make a distinction??
The GPL speaks of what you distribute. When you put a bunch of pieces up on a web site, the question of whether you intend to distribute the pieces or only the combined whole is a question of what your intention is. One indication of Debian's intention is that it advertises individual .debs for download.