On Oct 3, 2003, Federico Sacerdoti <fds@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 3a) >> "..which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 >> above on a medium customarily used for software interchange.." > I could reliably argue that this (3a) means the Internet. IANAL, but IMHO you're be arguing wrong. It can be any medium customarily used for software interchange. As cheating as it might sound, I don't think there's anything wrong with `you get the binaries on CD, and the sources in a pile of 500 floppy disks' :-) Heck, even downloading the binaries from the net without offering the sources for download would be legitimate, as long as the pile of 500 floppy disks would be shipped to any third party who demanded them. I don't see it as different if the sources come only in a DVD, while binaries come in CD. DVDs are customarily used for software interchange these days, aren't they? But what if I don't have a DVD player? The GPL doesn't have to be convenient for me, just like it doesn't have to be inconvenient to the distributor. > Otherwise, you are making the source "more difficult" to get > in some sense, and are violating 3a) almost by definition. The thing to keep in mind is that downloading being easier for you doesn't make it easier for everybody. Those behind slow network connections, or paying for the amount of traffic, or even without a network connection, could be not-exactly-pleased if the only way they could get the sources is by downloading them. -- Alexandre Oliva Enjoy Guarana', see http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ Red Hat GCC Developer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} CS PhD student at IC-Unicamp oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist Professional serial bug killer
