On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, James Sutherland wrote:
> On 7 Jun 2000, Benny Amorsen wrote:
>
> > This means that even if Abit distributed binaries compiled from
> > completely unmodified sources, or even distributed binaries copied
> > verbatim from say RedHat, they would still be in violation of the
> > license.
>
> I'm not talking about Abit specifically, my point is that the GPL is
> excessively restrictive. For example, it prevents me from distributing a
> pre-built emergency repair disk; WTF does this achieve??
Erm, actually, that's not true. That's one of 3 options as listed
under section 3 of the GPL.
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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,
b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
customarily used for software interchange; or,
c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is
allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
received the program in object code or executable form with such
an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
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According to section 'b' I imagine a URL written on the label on
the disk of where to get the source code would be adequate..
Stephen
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