Re: Request: Source for parts of GNU/Solaris
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 02:26, Erast Benson wrote:
> > Erast Benson <erast@gnusolaris.org> wrote:
> >> If you do not see something specific, or newer versions, like(you can
> >> find
> >> debarchiver-0.3 but we have debarchiver-0.4 packaged), that means it is
> >> not committed yet and we are testing it right now and will be committed
> >> shortly.
> >
> > Erast,
> >
> > Unless you provide a written offer, good for three years, to supply the
> > source on request, you *must* provide the source code for a binary
> > alongside the binary. That means that the source code for a specific
> > version of the binary must be downloadable before you can provide that
> > binary. Providing binaries without the appropriate source code (as
> > required under 3(a) of the GPL) or a written offer for the same (GPL
> > 3(b)) is a violation of the license, and thus infringes the copyright of
> > the authors.
>
> OK. point taken. This will be "fixed" soon. Hopefully in Alpha 1, which
> bits is planned to be release by the end of this week.
Sorry, this is another violation. The source comes first, then binaries next
to it. Hm, I wonder how could you make people believe (trust>) in your "open
source" project ?
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