Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris

[Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Erast Benson <erast@gnusolaris.org> wrote:

> If you do not see something specific, or newer versions, like(you can find
> debarchiver-0.3 but we have debarchiver-0.4 packaged), that means it is
> not committed yet and we are testing it right now and will be committed
> shortly.

Erast,

Unless you provide a written offer, good for three years, to supply the
source on request, you *must* provide the source code for a binary
alongside the binary. That means that the source code for a specific
version of the binary must be downloadable before you can provide that
binary. Providing binaries without the appropriate source code (as
required under 3(a) of the GPL) or a written offer for the same (GPL
3(b)) is a violation of the license, and thus infringes the copyright of
the authors. 

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