* Gunnar Wolf: > Florian Weimer dijo [Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 07:14:55PM +0100]: >> > Well... Remember the GPL does not require you to provide the sources >> > _together_ with the binary/printout/whatever - It requires you to >> > provide means to get the sources. So if you print a book that [...] >> > has the URL for the place you can refer to in order to get the >> > source, it will be enough. That does not sound like 'unnecessarily >> > complicated'. >> >> This is an unusual GPL interpretation. Most commentators assume that >> providing a *separate* URL is *not* enough. > > That's exactly what Debian does, isn't it?
No, Debian distributes source and binaries on the same (virtual) medium. This is different from handing over a physical object with the "binary" and providing a URL for some resource on the Internet.
