Andrew Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Holger gave me permission to package mirror magic. As I understand our
> distribution policies, packages which we don't have permission to put
> on the CD go in non-free.
>
> Andrew
No, if you have to *ask* for permission, then it isn't free. It would
There is an official Debian CD - the one that FSF is issuing.
I've offered to let FSF copy my master CD - it's not clear if they
will need to do this or not.
Bruce
Michael E. Deisher writes:
> The question is ~*which* CD?" According to Holger's copyright policy
> would require every CD distributor to individually comply. Debian's
> policy is to put such packages in non-free. That way, anyone can put
> the main distribution on a CD without having to check f
On Wed, 8 Nov 1995 02:30:27 +0800 (WST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Howell) said:
> Holger gave me permission to package mirror magic. As I understand
> our distribution policies, packages which we don't have permission
> to put on the CD go in non-free.
The question is ~*which* CD?" According to
Bill Mitchell writes:
> As I understand our distribution policies, programs with such
> restrictive copyrights should placed in non-free, not in the main
> distribution. They'd probably not be picked up on CDROM distributions.
Holger gave me permission to package mirror magic. As I understand ou
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Howell) said:
> > Which would seem to contradict their copyright statements.
>
> No, not everyone uses the GPL.
>
>
> This program is copyrighted (c) 1995 by Holger Schemel.
>
> It is freely distributable as long as no profit is made with it
> and as long as the packa
Bill Mitchell writes:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Howell) said:
>
> > Some of the authors of the software we have packages have asked for
> > a free copy of the CD in return for them letting us put it on the CD,
>
> Which would seem to contradict their copyright statements.
No, not everyone u
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Howell) said:
> Some of the authors of the software we have packages have asked for
> a free copy of the CD in return for them letting us put it on the CD,
Which would seem to contradict their copyright statements.
> or just out of gratitude.
But that's another thing
This is my personal policy:
Currently, I am distributing CD-writables, not mass-produced CDs. Because
these cost a lot more than the mass-produced CD. I will make one for any
contributor at my cost for the media and mailing. I'd probably go broke
quickly if I did not ask for that, as I am about $4
Some of the authors of the software we have packages have asked for
a free copy of the CD in return for them letting us put it on the CD,
or just out of gratitude. What's our policy on this? I assume if they
did it would be Bruce's or the FSF's CD?
Andrew
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