Ken Arromdee <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Josselin Mouette wrote: >> More precisely: if you are the copyright owner, you can publish it in >> whatever format you like, and if under a free license (e.g. the GPL), it >> will be acceptable for Debian. > > Say what? > > If you GPL a program and don't provide source code, Debian doesn't > even have the right to distribute it, since they have to distribute > it with the source code and they don't have that. The fact that you > are the copyright owner means that your sending it *to* Debian is > legal, but that doesn't grant Debian permission to distribute it any > further.
More precisely, Debian has the right to distribute such a work, but chooses not to do so. -- Måns Rullgård [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
