Hi On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Lars Meyser <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > ----- Ursprüngliche Message ----- > > > Von: Erwin Rennert <[email protected]> > > An: [email protected] > > CC: > > Gesendet: 13:06 Freitag, 5.Juli 2013 > > Betreff: Re: [Owncloud] Distro packages and AGPL3 compliance > > > > You should be aware that Debain - as do Fedora and Suse - provide source > > packages for the binary packages they offer. So, the distributions > > already fulfill the requrements of the AGPL. > > Yes, they fulfill their obligations for distributing packages. > > > You should also be aware that you would need to provide the sources only > > if you were to *distribute binary packages* of owncloud. This, however, > > I believe is not your intention. You merely want to offer the use of the > > software; not the software itself. > > This is the case for the GPL, the AGPLv3 has this additional provision for > remote network interaction: > > > ---- > > 13. Remote Network Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License. > > Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, if you modify the > Program, your modified version must prominently offer all users > interacting with it remotely through a computer network (if your version > supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the Corresponding > Source of your version by providing access to the Corresponding Source > from a network server at no charge, through some standard or customary > means of facilitating copying of software. [...] > > ---- > > So if I offer a modified version of owncloud to other users over the > network I am obliged to make the source available online in a "prominent" > way. > > Well, push it to github ;) Victor > > > BTW, you can legally send e-mails without having to provide the source > > code of GPLed software such as Postfix, Exim or G-d forbid, sendmail. :-) > > That is simply because Postfix, Exim, and sendmail are available under the > IBM public license, GPLv3, and the sendmail license respectively which do > not have such provisions. > > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud >
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