Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:21:57 -0400 | From | Brian Davids <> | Subject | Re: developers and GPL in products (Was: Re: GPL violations by wireless manufacturers) |
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Robins Tharakan wrote: > Therefore, if Company A "sells" the package to anybody outside the > company then it has to "make available" the source, including people > like the primary developer. > > But i think the second part of Zack's reply might not be right. > The company A only needs to make "available" the source. it doesnt > "have" to bundle the source with the binaries... (maybe make it > available on the website or make some such provisions...)
There is a choice of ONE of THREE options. Company A may EITHER:
1. include the source OR 2. accompany the binary with a written offer for the source OR 3. if it is a noncommercial RE-distribution of the binary, include the offer that was received in terms with #2.
If the binary is downloaded from somewhere, having the source available at the same place counts as #1.
IANAL, but that's how it all boils down for me. Hopefully that'll help someone understand that part a little better.
Brian Davids
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