Re: Is NPL DFSG complient or not?
Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> writes:
> I'm not convinced that the [NM]PL requires that the source be made available
> any longer than the binaries, if they are provided on the same medium, at the
> same time (i.e. FTP, or HTTP).
Actually, rereading this, I think you are right!
> I interpret the second occurrence of the phrase
>
> Electronic Distribution Mechanism
>
> as a reference back to the first, so that the part or the sentence prior to
> the semi-colon is saying ``you can distribute the binaries either a) with,
> or b) without the source'', and the bit after the semi-colon is saying ``If
> you choose option b) then its up to you to let people get the source up to
> 12 (or 6) months later''.
Yes, the whole section is:
| 3.2. Availability of Source Code.
| Any Modification which You create or to which You contribute must
|be made available in Source Code form under the terms of this License
|either on the same media as an Executable version or via an accepted
^^
|Electronic Distribution Mechanism to anyone to whom you made an
|Executable version available; and if made available via Electronic
^^
|Distribution Mechanism,
That is to say, *if* source and executable are not distributed
together on the "medium", i.e., ftp site (yes that is a medium in the
legal sense), then you have to provide these alternative methods below:
| must remain available for at least twelve (12)
|months after the date it initially became available, or at least six
|(6) months after a subsequent version of that particular Modification
|has been made available to such recipients. You are responsible for
|ensuring that the Source Code version remains available even if the
|Electronic Distribution Mechanism is maintained by a third party.
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