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But the GNU Project provides you a funny game, lucky ones. <br /> Here's THE quiz <a href="http://www.gnu.org/cgi-bin/license-quiz.cgi">http://www.gnu.org/cgi-bin/license-quiz.cgi</a> <br /> <br /> Thanks to this quiz authors.<br /> </p> </div> <table border='0' width='50%'> <form method="get" action="/forum/forum.php"> <input type='hidden' name="set" value="custom" /> <input type='hidden' name="forum_id" value="954" /> <tr> <td><span class='smaller'> <select title="forum style" name="style" > <option value="nested" selected="selected">Nested</option> <option value="flat">Flat</option> <option value="threaded">Threaded</option> <option value="nocomments">No Comments</option> </select> </span></td> <td><span class='smaller'> <select title="rows per page" name="max_rows" > <option value="25" selected="selected">Show 25</option> <option value="50">Show 50</option> <option value="75">Show 75</option> <option value="100">Show 100</option> </select> </span></td> <td><span class='smaller'><input type='submit' value="Change View" name='submit'></span></td> </tr> </form></table> <table border='0' width='100%'> <tr> <td class='boxitem'><strong>um, problem with an answer</strong> (posted by <a href="/users/S11001001/">Stephen Compall</a>, Thu 22 Aug 2002 05:13:41 AM UTC)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><p>spoiler <br /> <br /> I strongly dispute the "correct" answer to #6. I answered 3; the GPL <b>does</b> allow charging for the cost of distribution of source code in the written offer, but no more.<br /> </p> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> <ul> <table border='0' width='100%'> <tr> <td class='boxitem'><strong>RE: um, problem with an answer</strong> (posted by <a href="/users/jrennie/">Jason Rennie</a>, Thu 29 Aug 2002 12:04:04 PM UTC)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><p>I answered 3 too.  The issue isn't the distribution cost.  V and VII are okay.  IV and VI are not okay because the GNU licence requires that if an offer of source code be made it be made available to "any third party" (section 3b).  IV and VI restrict the offer to those who ordered binary CDs. <br /> <br /> Jason <br /> <br /> </p> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </ul> <table border='0' width='100%'> <tr> <td class='boxitem'><strong>Very interesting</strong> (posted by <a href="/users/jordi/">Jordi Mallach</a>, Wed 21 Aug 2002 01:12:01 AM UTC)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><p>I just had a go, and didn't do bad. <br /> Have a try, there are nice questions.<br /> </p> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr class='boxitemalt'> <td width='50%'> </td> <td> </td><td align='right' width='50%'> </table> <p> </p> <p class='backtotop'> <a href="#top"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/arrows/top.orig.png" alt="Back to the top" border="0" width="48" height="48" /></a> </p> <p class="footer"> Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <br /> Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. <br /> The <a href="//www.gnu.org/graphics/meditate.html">Levitating, Meditating, Flute-playing Gnu</a> logo is a GNU GPL'ed image provided by the Nevrax Design Team.<br /> <a href="//git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/administration/savane.git/plain//frontend/php/forum/forum.php?id=50d9a9877282bd480069a8f78b05c0cac62c0e18">Page source code</a></p> <div align='right'><p>Powered by Savane 3.14-50d9.<br /><a href="https://savannah.nongnu.org/source/savane-50d9a9877282bd480069a8f78b05c0cac62c0e18.tar.gz">Corresponding source code</a></p></div> </div>  </div>  </body> </html>