Re: debian-1.0 availability

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Bruce Perens writes ("Re: debian-1.0 availability"):
> > [wuarchive] systems/linux/tsx-11/distributions/debian/debian-1.0/sources
> > is empty !!!
> 
> I thought the GPL only required you to provide the sources
> _when_someone_asks_for_them_.
> 
> We did learn a lesson today.

My reading of the GPL2 is that it requires you to carry the sources on
an anon-ftp site which carries the binaries, unless you got just the
binaries with a written assurance that the sources would be available
or provide a written assurance yourself.

Ian.