Redistribution constraint

[Andrea Chiarelli]

My question is not about copyright but about constraint on redistribution.

In your previous message you said:
"Any kind  of restriction on  redistribution is  against the philosophy of
OSS"

GPL license imposes redistribution be free software
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifiedJustBinary).

My questions are:

- Is this a restriction on redistribution (on freedom of redistribution)?
- If this can be considered a restriction, how can I distinguish among
acceptable restrictions and unacceptable ones?

Sorry if my questions may appear pedantic.

Andrea Chiarelli

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mahesh T. Pai" <paivakil at vsnl.net>
To: "Andrea Chiarelli" <a.chiarelli at manthys.it>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Redistribution constraint


> Andrea Chiarelli said on Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 07:37:51PM +0200,:
>
>  > The GPL constraint that imposes that every distribution must be
licensed
>  > under the GPL itself is not a restriction on redistribution? Is not GPL
an
>  > OS license?
>
> Please read the GPL FAQ from www.gnu.org
>
>  > Is a  license that prohibits  me from redistributing  under another
>  > license not against the concept of freedom? (Just to understand!)
>
> No. It is a requirement of law that you retain my copyright notices
> when you distribute  *my* copyrighted work.
>
> --
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