On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 05:20:26PM -0500, Nathan Hawkins wrote:
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> > So, i guess it is up to interpretation of "accompanies the executable", but
> > having it on the same DVD certainly can be interpreted as "accompanies the
> > executable".
> 
> And that's exactly what I meant when I said the GPL is vague on this
> point. It's not at all clear what "accompanies the executable" means and
> what would satisify the requirement and what would not. Nor does this
> seem to be covered anywhere in the GPL FAQ.

Nothing that common sense cannot solve, unless you want to play word tricks to
circumvent this problem. I am sure the judge will find out easily enough what
your intentions where, and judge acrodyingly.

It comes all down to you being honest with yourself when you interpret this :)

> I find it interesting that all three BSD's have been distributing gcc
> for years, even though their libc's still have code with advertising
> clauses in their licenses. Apparently noone at the FSF has noticed. ;-)

Hehe, ...

Friendly,

Sven Luther

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