Re: In GNU's own words... (was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Full text of GPL...)

2000-11-30 Thread paulwade
> ...so it's obviously not necessary to force the download of the source. > What about people who buy just the binary CDs from LSL or Cheapbytes? > Would *they* be in violation of the GPL? If you don't buy the source it's okay for the vendor to charge actual costs when you want it later. So if y

Re: In GNU's own words... (was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Full text of GPL...)

2000-11-30 Thread Bill Jonas
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 02:13:38PM +0100, Nils Lohner wrote: > - Is a written offer for source code included with distribution of just > binaries? I'm tempted to file a bug against apt to ensure that it prints > that 'apt-get source _must_ be run to ensure GPL compliance!' for > every package

In GNU's own words... (was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Full text of GPL...)

2000-11-30 Thread Nils Lohner
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Mays writes: >Anthony Towns writes: >> > Is it also illegal to email a 20 line, GPLed, .c file to someone, >> > without attaching the entire GPL? > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: >> Probably, but it's also harmless. > >Hmm ... where do you d