On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Vincent Bernat wrote:
The
problem is that on Bittorrent, everyone who downloads also uploads. This
makes it illegal to download just a binary, since if you do that you're also
uploading just a binary, and uploading just a binary is a form of distribution
the GPL doesn't allow.
In the case of Debian distribution, the source code is available at
http://www.debian.org which fullfils section a) since it is a "medium
customarily used for software interchange".
Doesn't work. You have to *accompany* it with the source code. Pointing to
an unconnected third party's site has never been considered to satisfy
this clause.
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