On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:06:51 +0200 Henry Jensen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:04:39 +1030 > Karl Goetz <[email protected]> wrote: [trim source explanation] > > If upstreams source and yours match /exactly/ your statement might > > hold true. if you package it in some form, you need to provide that > > somehow. > > After some thinking, I had another thought: What if upstream doesn't > provide the source any more? In that case the source would actual be What indeed. > unavailable, effectively violating the GPL. After I checked the > already built packages of ConnochaetOS I saw that is the case for > some packages, because there is a newer version, and the source of > the old version wasn't available any more. Do you distribute the packages as binaries or source? If you are distributing source I don't see you coming into violation in that way. If you are distributing binaries you will need to mirror the source, to make sure its available. AIUI of course. kk > GPL 3 Section 6d states: > If the place to copy the object code is a network server, the > Corresponding Source may be on a different server (operated by you or > a third party) that supports equivalent copying facilities, provided > you maintain clear directions next to the object code saying where to > find the Corresponding Source. Regardless of what server hosts the > Corresponding Source, you remain obligated to ensure that it is > available for as long as needed to satisfy these requirements. > > Because noone can give an obligation for a server that is not under > his control I now think, that indeed the sources must hosted by the > project itself. > > I have made the sources available under > http://www.connochaetos.org/os/src/ now. > > Kind regards, > > Henry > > > -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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