Fwd: Some question in regard to Lindows

[Nick Phillips <nwp@lemon-computing.com>]

Sorry, accidentally sent this just to Sven at first.

> On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 09:05  am, Sven Luther wrote:
>
> > Notice that the GPL says that you have to distribute sources to people
> > you give/distribute/sell/whatever binaries to, and none else.
>
> Incorrect. The GPL requires that you *either* provide sources 
> immediately, *or* provide
> a written offer to do so. If you provide the written offer then you 
> must provide source not
> only to the person(s) to whom you provided the binaries and the 
> original offer, but also
> to *ANY THIRD PARTY*.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Nick