On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:00:54AM -0600, Shawn Walker wrote:
> > * Lastly, it is problematic with some FOSS licenses such as the
> > GPL which require a distributor of binary packages to make
> > available the _corresponding_ source, simply providing a URL to
> > external sources (as proposed) is not sufficient.
>
> For software that has licenses that require it, it obviously is, required.
Just to be clear: the GPLv2 does not require that that you include GPLed
source along with object code built from it, it requires that you do
that or otherwise "[a]ccompany it with a written offer, valid for at
least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than
your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, ..." See
section 3 of the GPLv2. If we chose (c) from section 3 we could also
include a URL, and in the very rare case that someone demanded the same
on physical media we could then provide it.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, and I don't represent Sun's legal
position on this matter.
Nico
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