2016-07-27 12:18 GMT+02:00 Harald Sitter <sit...@kde.org>: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Elvis Angelaccio > <elvis.angelac...@kdemail.net> wrote: >> Hi, >> we have a an AppImage file [1] used as test data in Ark. This AppImage >> contains a copy of the GNU hello [2] binary. >> >> Jonathan asked us if we could add the source code of this binary, in >> order to comply with the GPL. Is it enough to add just a text file >> with a link to the source tarball [3]? This would avoid us to add the >> whole 681 KB tarball to the Ark repo... > > To be honest I suggest that you simply build your own appimage > entirely made out of dummy data (empty files?) as that will be both > smaller and less of a hassle. e.g. with your hello appimage you also > need to include AppRun.c since that is also part of the image, which > is avoidable by simply packing a dummy AppRun instead of the actual > binary one. > Equally the icon inside has unclear license as I can't find it in the > hello source. > > tldr: make own appimage, avoid all the pain :)
I'm CC'ing this to Simon (who created the appimage for us), as unfortunately I have no idea how to do what you suggest. Sounds good though, and we could even use the ark icon [1] as "hello.png"... [1]: http://commits.kde.org/ark?path=app/icons/48-apps-ark.png > > HS
