On Freitag, 16. Januar 2009, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > >- We need to ship the exact source code, scripts and tools to build each > > > specific binary shipped for GNU (L)GPL licensing. > > > > As far as i know does the gpl licensing means only to provide the source > > for a related binary, but it does not make the binary releaser > > responsible to provide all required 3rdparty tools. > > > > Think about msvc builds - We build kde software on windows with msvc > > express editions, but we don't provide the ide or the platform sdk - in > > fact ms probably will do not like this > > You happen to ask a licensing expert about. In short terms the license > does require to deliver source for tools and libraries, except when they > are generally shipped with the operating system. (See below.)
Forgot to attach it, so here we go. I am quoting GNU GPL v2 to show that this has been in there for years, GNU LGPLv2, and the v3s have similiar conditions. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html Section 3 is about that you must make available the "complete corresponding machine-readable source code". | complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, | plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to | control compilation and installation of the executable. Note that the simplified view from 1991 was that most operating system bring their tools with them. | However, as a | special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything | that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the | major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on | which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the | executable. So I think not shipping msvc express matches the spirit of this license. The point why we want the tools to be available: > But we also want to make it fairly easy for people > to rebuild the exact version they are using, so they can only change > a small thing if they like. And of course we need to control the tool chain, e.g. for security reasons. Best, Bernhard -- Managing Director - Owner: www.intevation.net (Free Software Company) Germany Coordinator: fsfeurope.org. Coordinator: www.Kolab-Konsortium.com. Intevation GmbH, Osnabrück, DE; Amtsgericht Osnabrück, HRB 18998 Geschäftsführer Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner
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