Re: Give Out Just Binary CDS [was: Paying CD vendors for freebies]
On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 12:47:11AM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> renfro@tntech.edu wrote:
> > And from a GPL morality standpoint, there's nothing in the GPL that says
> > one *has* to give away the source right then, right there, and at zero
> > cost. Even the FSF sells some fairly expensive CDs of the stuff that's
> > available via ftp.
>
> However, you will have to give them a written offer, valid for at least
> three years, to supply the source at cost if anyone asks for it.
>
> The FSF makes money from selling CDs of their archive, but I'd be
> surprised if they sold any without source.
>
> Richard Braakman
The way I see it, this is a non-issue. as long as we make sources available
(via the net) we are in complete compliance with our self-imposed
regulations.
- Aaron
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