Re: Proposal for P2P disclaimer text

Martin Köbele wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> after I just released Apollon 0.9.3 I asked a debian-developer to update the
> repository. And I just had to learn that the proposed suggestions (by Petter
> Stockke and Andreas Pour) violate the GPL.
> 
> GPL §0:  "[...]The act of running the Program is not restricted,[...]".

It's amazing how much FUD Debian developers can spread.  Please do not listen to
them on license issues, they don't understand squat.

In this case, the GPL more specifically says:

  Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
  covered by this License; they are outside its scope.  The act of
  running the Program is not restricted,

So it is outside the scope, hence, such restrictions are not inconsistent.

Moreover, as I pointed out earlier, the point of the text is to *amend* the
license.  An amendment is never inconsistent with the license b/c it *amends*
it.  I also noted in an earlier mail that if you need to be *pure GPL* (b/c of
some clueless Debian developer) *and* you are linking to a GPL app, then you
might make it precatory.

> So we can't restrict, we could warn though.

Ciao,

Dre