On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 12:55:39PM -0700, Rando Christensen wrote: > > That way, even dpkg would warn on a --install that license-gpl was > > suppossed to be installed as well, which counts, IMO, as accompanying all > > gpl'd programs with the GPL itself. > > Note that dpkg itself is GPLed, so if you have a working version of dpkg, > you almost certainly already have a copy of the GPL. (On a Debian system, > the GPL's in base-files, which is essential). Note that if you want to > get any use out of a deb (other than just look at how it's laid out, > maybe), you almost certainly need to run it on a Linux system, and Linux > is also GPLed (ditto Hurd).
Unfortunately, the Argument posed by RMS, apparently, is that it needs to be INCLUDED with all packages, no matter what system it's on. > > Cheers, > aj > > -- > Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> > I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. > > ``Thanks to all avid pokers out there'' > -- linux.conf.au, 17-20 January 2001 > /---------------------------------------------------------------\ < <"What Am I Doing? I'm Quietly Judging You." --Frank TJ Mackey> > < <Rando Christensen / An illuzion worth believing> > < <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > \-----------------------------------------------------------------------/
