[Tim Pierce replied:]
> Right. I maintain, however, that specifying that your
> document may be distributed via impermanent electronic
> media will suffice for this situation. I know that not
> everyone agrees with me on this, but pppbbbpbtpbtpbtpbt to
> you.
Well, I agree. I specifically mention electronic distribution as being
ok (distribution in whole and with copyright notice intact), and -then-
say "for profit" and other forms of distribution are not OK.
But there is, I believe, a distinction between "distribution for profit"
and "commercial distribution": the former implies the distribution was
deliberately made of the FAQ for the purpose of profit, instead of being
incidental to a profitable business such as a commercial provider. That
is, in the latter case, one is not paying for the FAQs per se but rather
for a service that incidentally includes access to the FAQs, which
differs from the case of a CD manufacturer who collects and distributes
FAQs or an author/publisher who writes a book containing information on
the 'net, including FAQs.
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