Re: GPLv2 compliance for third-party Docker images.

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 10:43:42AM +0200, Francesco Poli a écrit :
>    Note, however, that it is not enough to find some site that happens
>    to have the appropriate source code today, and tell people to look
>    there. Tomorrow that site may have deleted that source code, or
>    simply replaced it with a newer version of the same program. Then
>    you would no longer be complying with the GPL requirements. To make
>    a reasonable effort to comply, you need to make a positive
>    arrangement with the other site, and thus ensure that the source
>    will be available there for as long as you keep the binaries
>    available.
>
> [FAQ]: <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#SourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites>
>
>
> Does this answer your question?

Thanks Francesco for your answer,

this leads me to another question: does we have at least a statement
that can be recognised as a "positive arrangement" with third parties
distributing Debian-based containers, or why is it not necessary?

Have a nice day,

Charles