Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 17:00:18 -0800 From: Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [big snips here & below] >> On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 05:52:33PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: >>> Paul Johnson writes: >>> Non-free would be too much legal effort for a library to go through. >>> I don't see why a public library even in the UK couldn't lend non-free. >>> How would it differ from lending out a non-free book (i.e., the usual >>> kind)? >> It wouldn't surprise me if some packages have some goofball >> redistribution clauses, like "May not charge for redistribution." >> Well, what happens when someone doesn't turn it back in on time? They >> get charged.
> No package in Debian can have such a clause. See: http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html#guidelines Suppose that at the end of the lending period the library demands back only the CD _disk_ -- not the program, which has merely gone along for the ride. (As Huck Finn said of certain woodpiles, you could throw a dog through that argument anywhere. Forget I mentioned it.) Wendell Cochran West Seattle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
