On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 02:54:53PM +1000, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > On 7/17/06, Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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. > > Correct, I forgot about 3c. Still, the point is that only purchasers > or people who the purchasers have given it to non-commercially have > the right to get the source at cost price. The GPL does not require > anyone to give anything away for free, except the source at cost > price.
Full ACK, for "it" equal to "the written offer for source code". - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
