On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:21:50PM -0700, Mark Rafn wrote: > True. It's also an objection I didn't list in my 3. The GPL makes it > hard to legally do ad-hoc distribution in non-source form. Making > exceptions here doesn't bother me a lot, as printed text is easier to > reverse-engineer than an application. > > It does bring to my mind an issue WRT the virality (aka "copyleftedness", > aka protection from non-free forks). Is there a way to keep this feature > and not prohibit things like distributing a printed copy that uses a > non-free font?
How about requiring that a URL from which the source of the document is available be included in printed forms of the document? And some kind of specification to prevent "oh, this is the latest version of the document; we cut it down from being a book to just being a reference card..." having distributed the book. Cheers, Nick -- Nick Phillips -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Look afar and see the end from the beginning. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
