On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:56:56 +0200 Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> wrote: > On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:15:48 -0400 Arc Riley wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Francesco Poli > > <frx@firenze.linux.it>wrote: > > > > > The problem is: > > > what happens if the VCS goes off-line for one afternoon > > > (or for one night, for a couple of days, for a week, ..., > > > forever)? > > > > > > Am I failing to comply with the AfferoGPLv3, unless I immediately > > > shut the network application down (until the VCS is back on-line) > > > or I immediately provide an alternative means to get the > > > Corresponding Source? > > > > > > > No such clause exists in the license. If you feel otherwise, > > please paste where the license reads anything similar to that. > > Section 13 of the AfferoGPLv3 states, in part: > > | Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, if you modify > | the Program, your modified version must prominently offer all users > | interacting with it remotely through a computer network (if your > | version supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the > | Corresponding Source of your version by providing access to the > | Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge, through > some | standard or customary means of facilitating copying of > software. > > It says that I must offer "an opportunity to receive the Corresponding > Source of [my] version by providing access to the Corresponding Source > from a network server at no charge". > There's no indication that I can delay this opportunity at will, as in > "yes, to get source click here, but maybe you have to come back > tomorrow". Erm, where is the 'And it must be immediate' clause? It merely says you must provide access ; it doesn't even say 24x7 or within a day. You're making up more onerous requirements than any sane judge would require. -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org The C Shore: http://www.wightman.ca/~cshore
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