> > d) They may require that the work contain functioning facilities that > > allow users to immediately obtain copies of its Complete Corresponding > > Source Code. > *** > Although this may be a Free requirement -- and I believe it should be > considered Free -- it poses *major* practical problems for Debian. For > Debian, I see only one real way of satisfying this: packaging a copy of the > entire source package into the .deb. Yuck. Anything else requires the user > to have Internet access or a local archive copy, which we can't guarantee. > > I think we would need the copyright holders of any software with this > requirement to grant a specified exemption to it for Debian, before we could > allow such a program into Debian. > > This is sufficiently burdensome that I have to wonder whether they really > meant to allow it, or whether it's a misdrafting.
My problem with this section - the clause does not allow for network conditions and does not allow for devices without a network connection or other immediate access. This could pose a *huge* problem if this were used for, let's say, a program for a Palm III or something that does not have any of the network components available anymore. It does pose problems for Debian too. Andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484 OpenNIC user - http://www.opennic.unrated.net
