Re: Is NPL DFSG complient or not?
> Philip Hands wrote:
> > Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > > This means that if we distribute modified versions of an NPL'd
> > > program, we're going to have to keep source packages around long after
> > > we have replaced the binaries with new versions. We have no mechanism
> > > in place for this.
> >
> > Take a look at the GPL --- it says three years:
> >
> > b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
> > years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
> > cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
> > machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
> > distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
> > customarily used for software interchange; or,
>
> Yeah, but that's only option b). You also have option a), which is to
> distribute binary and source together, like we do. Then you can drop
> the source as soon as you drop the binary. The NPL has no such option.
Yes it does.
The 12 month restriction is part of a sub clause, which only applies if you
chose not to supply the source on the same media as the binaries.
Cheers, Phil.
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