-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> However, FSF people seems to be less anal: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCSourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites > "To make a reasonable effort to comply, you need to make a positive > arrangement with the other site, and thus ensure that the source will be > available there for as long as you keep the binaries available." It's impossible to meet this requirement of the GPL philosophically. I cannot speak as to the legal definition, but I am 100% sure that in reality no one can meet this requirement. Here is the problem text (taken from the GPL FAQ): ``The GPL says you must offer access to copy the source code *from the same place*; that is, *next to* the binaries.'' (emphasis mine) I defy anyone to define (definitively) ``same place'' and ``next to'' in this context. It can't be done. The Internet has no concept of ``place''. It is not physical. Therefore, it is impossible to actually meet this definition. Let's even try to make a *reasonable guess* as to what they might mean or want: * On the same disk---or is this not enough? * In the same directory---or is this not enough? * On the same sector of the hard disk---or is this not enough? * A contiguous sequence of bytes on the same physical platter of the hard disk---or this this not enough? At least any ``reasonable interpretation'' would seem to rule out the even using the ``same'' virtual HTTP or FTP server from using different disks or having ``rotating'' mirrors. I even claim it is impossible (or, not reasonably possible) to ensure the physical location of the file as being ``in the same place'' as another file, unless you can somehow ensure a contiguous set of bytes on your hard disk. And even then, who would reasonably be satisfied? - -- Sincerely, David Walluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFELOlQN5thZBYlTwkRAkkwAJ4mbQyQgI6Dpz4jYs76eRHUh0ye0wCggAYt DPaJ1xoPS8JtEBJjKXXmTBc= =Gq4w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ PLF-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://www.zarb.org/mailman/listinfo/plf-discuss
