Re: [PROPOSAL] Full text of GPL must be included

[John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>]

On 30 Nov 2000, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:

> Rando Christensen <illuzion@xanthor.net> writes:
> 
> > > 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).
> 
> 1) Linux binaries can be run on many non-Linux systems, like BSD,
>    which might not have any copy of the GPL.

Horsefeathers!  All BSDs use GCC, so must come with a copy of the
GPL.  See your point 2. 

 
> 2) The license says it must be given with the binaries.  
> 
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