On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 02:53:18PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote: > > Finally, if there were any reasons to allow such a restriction in documents, > > these reasons would allow it in programs too. For example, qmail's license > > forbids distributing modified versions of it, since its author believes that > > his reputation might suffer if someone distributed a version of qmail with > > bugs not introduced by him. If restrictions on modification of documents > > were allowed to save an author's reputation, they would be allowed on > > programs; this would make qmail free, but due to the DFSG it isn't, so these > > restrictions cannot be allowed. > > I think a better example would be the demonstration > implementation of a protocol included with a standards > document.
Java. It's precisely the reason Sun use. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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