On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Vincent Bernat wrote:
The problem is that on Bittorrent, everyone who downloads also uploads. This makes it illegal to download just a binary, since if you do that you're also uploading just a binary, and uploading just a binary is a form of distribution the GPL doesn't allow.In the case of Debian distribution, the source code is available at http://www.debian.org which fullfils section a) since it is a "medium customarily used for software interchange".
Doesn't work. You have to *accompany* it with the source code. Pointing to an unconnected third party's site has never been considered to satisfy this clause.