RE: NO_[SRC|BIN]_ON_CDROM

"Larson, Timothy E." <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.pkgsrc.wip.general
Message-ID <226316B3E1F749498E28ACA66321D5BA02DCF35730@oma00cexmbx03.corp.westworlds.com>
> > 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/
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.