On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Er, nothing obvious about it -- I'm trying to be precise about the > licence and the law here. To reiterate -- if someone gives you > binaries of a GPL software s/he is obliged to give you the sources too > if you ask for them. If they don't give you the binaries they are NOT > obliged to provide sources. > > If CDAC is distributing binaries (which they are at > http://bosslinux.in/downloads) they are obliged to make the sources > available too. That doesn't necessarily mean that the source code has > to be up for download at the same place; however if you write to them > and ask for the source they have to provide it to you (in whatever > form), and then you will be free to redistribute the source under the > terms of the GPL. For instance you could get the source from CDAC on a > CD and then make it available for open download. > > CDAC is only violating the GPL they don't respond to a request for the > source code from a bona fide downloader of their distribution. Has > anyone downloaded the CD images and asked them for source yet? >
I have written to them seeking clarification. Will wait for a week. Nagarjuna _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
