On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 21:19 +0200, Martin Hejl wrote: > Hi kp, > > > Thx for the pointer. > > > > AFAIK that reads that we have to provide a tarball of our cvs with each and > > every release (currently 108M). > I didn't really want to respond to Mike's mail, since I was hoping that > I was misreading the implications. But unfortunately, I read the page > the same way you do. > > To me it sounds (if we want to stay in line with the terms of use with > SF), that we either do that (but then, what actually _is_ a "binary > releases made via our File Release System or any other project resource"
Martin, The SF policy applies to the FRS only. If you release a binary, you have to release source that will allow building that binary. > - to me, it sounds like there'd have to be a new source tarball for > every new package checked into CVS and made available via the packages > page - if there is one for Bering uClibc 4 - if not, I guess one could > argue that if CVS isn't good enough for providing source code, it > doesn't qualify as a binary release either. But I'm not a lawyer....), > or look for some other means of hosting the source and binaries. > > > But do you think that we have to include every source we use as well (gcc, > > kernel,...)? > Tough call - to me, "any binary releases made..." sounds like everything > that's part of the binary release. So, kernel, yes, for sure (IMHO), > some support libs, that are just needed for the build process, probably > not. But drawing the line might be difficult. Agreed. -- Mike Noyes <mhnoyes at users.sourceforge.net> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ SF.net Projects: leaf, sourceforge/sitedocs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
