Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:08:52 -0700 (PDT) | | From | david@lang ... | | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jun 26, 2007, david@lang.hm wrote: > >> unless you are saying that the GPLv3 is saying that a third party link >> now _is_ sufficiant. > > Yup. The improvement in GPLv3 is to relax the requirement of > providing source code in physical medium if you choose to not > distribute it along with the binaries. It's recognizing that internet > access is no longer a barrier that could stop someone from obtaining > the sources they're entitled to. Even someone who doesn't have > regular or fast internet access can hire a third party who does to > perform the download and record it. > > I.e., with GPLv3, you *can* point at the sources you used, even in a > site that you don't control. > > However, if the site takes the sources out, you're still responsible > for providing sources to those who received the sources from you from > that point on. Or something like that, IANAL ;-)
this sounds like a step backwards, you may not have the sources at that point if you were relying on the other site to host them.
and by the way, internet access never was a barrier that could stop someone from obtaining them, the only issue was you hosting the source vs someone else hosting the source.
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