(Sorry, Edmund. I just pressed REPLY, but did not check the address :o( ...)
Hi. On Saturday, 25. August 2001 10:01, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Please note that I am not a lawyer and I am not speaking on > behalf of Debian. Sure. > > When I understand the stuff on http://cdimages.debian.org > > correctly, Debian suggests to sell also incomplete sets of > > the official CDs, e.g. only Binary-1. If it is really > > possible to sell Binary-only-CDs, how does it relate to the > > GPL??? And does this rule only apply to the official CDs or > > also to e.g. a developer snapshot of woody? > > (1) If you're distributing an official CD and Debian suggested > that you can do this, then you probably don't have to worry: > just tell people that you're acting as an agent for Debian and > refer them to www.debian.org. However, according to section 3b, GPL, I would still have to give my customers a written offer that Debian will offer the source code for three years, right? > > c) Accompany it with the information you received as to > > the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This > > alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution > > and only if you received the program in object code or > > executable form with such an offer, in accord with > > Subsection b above.) I have just bought 6 binary-CDs (a woody snapshot) for approx. 12$. However, I did not get a written offer to also get the corresponding sources on CD. So, if I understand the GPL right, o I cannot copy and distribute these CDs at all, not even for a friend, at no cost. o Even if I had such written offer, I could not copy and distribute these CDs commercially (e.g. also 12$ for all). > (3) Of course, not all the stuff in Binary-1 is GPL. Sure... BTW: On the official CDs, is all corresponding source code of binary-n on source-n, for n=1,2,3...? Bye, Thomas }:o{#
