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Fedora's advice on GPL compliance
Fedora's advice on GPL compliance
Posted Mar 21, 2008 12:49 UTC (Fri) by Lennie (subscriber, #49641)Parent article: Fedora's advice on GPL compliance
Why not just put it on the front of the CD/cover in bold & red print: Source code available on the website or on request. Would that not be simple and enough ?
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Fedora's advice on GPL compliance
Posted Mar 21, 2008 16:48 UTC (Fri) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
Probably but then Ambassadors should be aware that they need to carry the sources if asked. That is what this announcement is all about.
Fedora's advice on GPL compliance
Posted Mar 22, 2008 13:01 UTC (Sat) by mbottrell (guest, #43008) [Link]
Really?! What a load of tripe. Almost all commercial entities that ship with GPL components (binary) make note to the fact that the OSS code can be downloaded from their website. 'Ambassadors' are merely 'sales-persons' in an OSS world. If I buy product X from a commercial retailer, if I really want the source, I go to the website, it shouldn't need to be any different with Linux distributions. If this is what the FSF has got to, they really do have their heads up their butts. Should I expect that GPLv4 will mean that I'll only be able to give binary distributions to my friends (Windows converts to Linux for the first time) a source CD (which they will never use), and ensure I have a stuffed parrot on my shoulder whilst singing 'Mull of Kintyre'? The availability of source code is just that... it's 'available' The Internet is a perfect medium to deliver it. For the small percentage that will actually request it, they can download it. It's time the FSF come out of their ivory towers and start actually mixing with people in the bazaar.
Fedora's advice on GPL compliance
Posted Mar 22, 2008 20:29 UTC (Sat) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
Note that we are talking about GPLv2 and internet was not a medium that was accessible to as many people as it is now. GPLv3 has different requirements but there is still a lot of GPLv2 only licensed software in Fedora and that will continue for quite sometime so Fedora as a project needs to satisfy the requirements of the license.