> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Raul Miller wrote: > > If I ship some product in three parts, such that the combination of those > > three parts is consistently assembled and used, then I'm distributing > > that product.
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 02:36:42PM -0800, Ken Arromdee wrote: > Says who? That was me that said that. As an example, some modular homes are shipped in pieces and assembled on site. > Shipping parts can be different from shipping a combination if for > some reason you are given different rights to ship parts and ship > combinations. I agree -- it can be. In fact, that's what I said in the message you're responding to. > It's just that outside free licenses that never happens. I disagree. For example, some non-free software is shipped on multiple CDs. Or, from a different point of view, software doesn't have to have a free license to be distributed using bit torrent. -- Raul
