Re: Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.
Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net> writes:
> Scripsit Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net>
>> Marco Ghirlanda <marco.ghirlanda@opensourcelab.it> wrote:
>
>> > This I don't understand. Seems like I have to create an ISO with only
>> > the sources.
>
>> no. What you can do is add written offer to provide the sources to
>> whoever ask for them, and, additionnally, point to Knoppix sources,
>> Debian sources, and Christian Marillat's sources. The number of
>> people directly asking you for the sources should be quite low ...
>
> However, most people would probably find it easier simply to offer the
> source code from the same FTP server in parallel with the binaries. It
> does not have to be ISO images [1]; separate files for each package
> should be fine. That way one does not have to bind oneself to keeping
> a 3-year backlog of old sources.
>
> (Why Knoppix does not do this, but it's their prerogative to do it the
> hard way if they choose to).
Knoppix doesn't do that so they can have a written offer reusable by
those who redistribute the CD. That's important for a project whose
primary method of distribution is CDs at conferences.
-Brian
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