On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 09:44:32PM +0000, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Is there any way out of this? I'm not modifying the source at all. I > just download the tar.gz file and put it on a CD. > > Does this clause mean that everyone who is giving out OpenOffice or > Knoppix CDs is breaking the law? You aren't required to give copies of the source to everybody. However, if somebody gives you a Knoppix CD, and you ask for the source, and they *refuse* (and don't exercise any of the other options either), then they would be breaking the law. This is also the easiest way to deal with your case - have copies of the source on hand, and give them to anybody who asks for them (charging extra for the extra media). Most people probably won't ask. Pointing to a third party website is not explicitly prohibited but it's also rather dubious. Particularly if it's one of ours - we do *not* normally provide source for a period of three years or longer. And you've got no way to guarantee that the site will be there for that long. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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