Federico Sacerdoti wrote: > If you're just doing this to be nice, and SuSE "is not nice", how does > SuSE publish the source files for the packages it uses? I believe this > is a requirement of the GPL. > > If you publish a product (sell it, whatever) where any portion of it > uses GPL code, you must make freely available the full source of your > product. I doubt that freely available means if you ask really nicely > someone in Europe will send a CD. > > I dont see how you "dont have to" do this. Your packages are often made > according to rules listed in GPL'd spec files, which means you would > have to publish those as well. There doesn't seem to be anything in a > SRPM that you are not legally required to disclose under GPL. GPL says nothing about putting it on the NET. 1)"..You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee." 3a) "..which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange.." SuSE only has released United 1.0 sources at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/unitedlinux/1.0/src/ but no updates. Neither public sources nor binaries, only to his customers. -- :x
