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Re: Is forcing "upstream" distribution really OK for free software?
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Martin Dickopp |
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Re: Is forcing "upstream" distribution really OK for free software? |
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Thu, 08 Jul 2004 21:45:44 +0200 |
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John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> writes:
> MJ Ray writes:
>> Also if you have no way to send for free, it looks like an effective
>> royalty payment on distribution.
>
> It is at most a small one-time expense that is not paid to the author.
> I don't see how you can call that a royalty.
Since I'm not a native English speaker, I have no opinion on the
particular choice of the word "royalty", but I think I see MJ's point.
Think of a poor country where distribution is /not/ a small expense, and
where a developer goes to great effort and expenses to distributes his
changes /once/. Under such circumstances, the developer should be
required to distribute again.
Martin
- Re: Is forcing "upstream" distribution really OK for free software?, (continued)
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- Re: Is forcing "upstream" distribution really OK for free software?, Barry Margolin, 2004/07/07
- Re: Is forcing "upstream" distribution really OK for free software?, Martin Dickopp, 2004/07/08
- Re: Is forcing "upstream" distribution really OK for free software?, Barry Margolin, 2004/07/08
- Re: Is forcing "upstream" distribution really OK for free software?, David Kastrup, 2004/07/08
- Re: Is forcing "upstream" distribution really OK for free software?, Barry Margolin, 2004/07/08
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Re: Is forcing "upstream" distribution really OK for free software?, Martin Dickopp, 2004/07/08
Re: Is forcing "upstream" distribution really OK for free software?, John Hasler, 2004/07/08