I'm not a lawyer, but: 1) It is clear that the author wished his work to be distributed as freely as circumstances allow.
2) It is clear that GPL aims to allow for freedom in manipulation with software. I don't think it implies that should the only source become unavailable due to higher circumstances (authors death), it must stop being distributed. Actually I would argue that this would actually go against the meaning of GNU GPL. So I think all can be fixed by an explanatory text in the copyright notice which makes the situation clear. With regards, Hynek Hanke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
