Messages in this thread | | | From | root@mauve ... | Subject | Re: Dell vs. GPL | Date | Mon, 30 Jun 2003 10:02:17 +0100 (BST) |
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> > > > I'm still not seeing any evidence of anyone being blocked from obtaining > > the source code (although I haven't followed the whole thread) <snip> > GPL says: > > 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, > under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of > Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: > > a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable > source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections > 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
If you can supply source on a floppy, or CDROM, or DVD, in a different form than the binary (which may be in a flash ROM, ...), then clearly it doesn't have to be in the same form as the Program. The URL of a website is a medium customarily used for software interchange.
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