RE: NO_[SRC|BIN]_ON_CDROM
"Larson, Timothy E." <[email protected]>
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> > Back to the subject, I'm not concerned about free redistribution, as > > that is the accepted norm within the community. The distinction > > between BIN and SRC is irrelevant since this is a data package. I'm > > just curious if (generally speaking) the authors' intent of "freely > > distributable" allows the distributor to recoup the distribution cost, > > and how the NO_*_ON_* flags play into that, if at all. > > This is basically why one needs to read licenses instead of reasoning > about intent; it's just not doable. "Freely redistributable" to me > means that one can give copies, at a charge or no charge. Darn English... I should have said " distributable gratis-ly only" (as opposed to "distributable for-a-price allowed") I guess, at the risk of using stupid-sounding phrases. And as I said, this is a general/theoretical question now. The authors of my package have agreed on a license. Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/