Advertising Clauses in Licenses

[John Cowan]

Rick Moen scripsit:

> The above FAQ claims physical media ("disk or tape") are necessary because 
> "not every user is on a network".  But isn't it equally true that not
> every user can read any specific physical-media format you might
> nominate as a universal distribution medium?  

Indeed, the whole point of clause 3 is to make the way of the
binary-only distributor hard, by imposing tight requirements.
How much easier it is to just send out the source on the same
CD, or to make it available in the same FTP directory!

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