Messages in this thread | | | From | (Anton Ertl) | Subject | Re: Possible GPL Violation of Linux in Amstrad's E3 Videophone (me too???) | Date | Mon, 04 Oct 2004 09:42:54 GMT |
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Matthew Garrett writes: >The GPL requires that source be available to anyone who receives a copy >of the binaries. There are three ways to do this, only two of which >apply to commercial distribution. You can either: > >a) Provide the source alongside the binaries, or >b) Provide a written offer (a text file on a CD is fine) for the source > >You never need to provide the source to anyone you don't provide the >binaries to
If you go for option b, you have to provide the offer for the source to _any third party_, so (in combination with option c) anyone could take the offer and ask you for the source.
If you want to avoid having to keep track of the source code belonging to a binary version, and keeping it around for three years, better choose option a.
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