dupuy@cs.columbia.edu (Alexander Dupuy) (07/28/89)
I don't really see a problem with exorbitant media costs. Since the copyleft allows anyone to freely redistribute source, a group of people can get a copy at the ridiculous price, and then make it available at a more reasonable one (even free, for anonymous ftp). If the ridiculous price is so ridiculous that nobody could ever afford it, I think it would be hard to describe it as a "nominal shipping charge" as used in Par. 3.a of the GPL. It wouldn't hurt to change the wording in Par. 2.d to read "You may charge a fair [reasonable?] distribution fee..." I'm more worried about the precise definition of machine-readable - microfiche or paper listings might well qualify. @alex -- -- inet: dupuy@cs.columbia.edu uucp: ...!rutgers!cs.columbia.edu!dupuy