On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 12:13:54PM +1000, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > The GPL only states that there has to be a written offer for at least 3yrs > to send the *source code* by post for cost price, to anyone *who you > distribute it to.* This means the magazine only has to send the source > code to *people who buy it.*
You were perfectly right until that last sentence. If I buy a copy of the magazine, with the DVD, and it contains a written offer to provide source code for the GPL material on the DVD (thus satisfying section 3 via 3b) I can redistribute that DVD non-commercially to other parties, giving them the written offer provided by the magazine (thus satisfying section 3 via 3c). The magazine is allowed to charge at-cost for the source distribution, so as not to leave themselves out of pocket. So a person doesn't have to have actually purchased a copy of the magazine in order to be entitled to the source code. In fact, I can't see anything that says that a person requesting the source has to have a copy of the DVD at all. This is, of course, why satisfying section 3 via 3a -- Accompany with complete source -- is the clever way to go. If we're talking about a stripped-down Sarge on a DVD, I'd guess there'd probably be enough space left over to put the source on the DVD as well, so this whole e-mail might be unnecessary. <grin> - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
