Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le jeudi 06 avril 2006 à 09:50 -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : >> Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > At the end of DFSG #2, the following text should be added: >> > "The license may restrict distribution to some kinds of media if >> > it is still possible to distribute the source code and compiled >> > code together on at least one machine-readable medium." >> >> I'm made uncomfortable by this, because it would tolerate licenses >> which restricted distribution to cassette tape. > > How does it differ from the GFDL requirements?
The GFDL says you must provide a machine-readable copy. It does not restrict the use of other media. Perhaps it is just your sloppiness in wording, but the words you wrote allow a license which says "you may only distribute this on cassette." The GFDL *permits* distribution on cassette, and even treats it as machine-readable, but it does *not* require distribution on cassette. It allows the distributor to choose their choice of machine-readable format, and that's suitable for Debian. Your wording would permit licenses which do *not* allow the distributor to choose their choice of machine-readable format. Thomas