hey, not a lawyer, but i doubt if anyone else replying here is either. but i've gotten plenty of VMs from different sites that people have used different linux OS (fedora/centos/debian/et...) and i've never gotten the source in the VM, I have at times seen/reviewed docs that have pointed me to where I could go to get the source for the OS if I wanted it. your mileage might vary. On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 7:26 AM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:03:10 -0300, > Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Are trying to tell me that I should install al srpms inside the VM?. > > I would expect that if you don't do an update after you build the VM, > you can probably ask people you give the VM to if they want the source and > if they say yes you give them the SRPM iso on similar media. If you do > an update, then you should get the SRPMs corresponding to the update collected, > so that you can provide them. (If you want to cut down on space, you could > probably just provide SRPMs for packages that require you to provide source, > which would be at least anything gpl or lgpl.) > >> Are then all images on virtualboximages.org in defiance of the >> GPL?.Seems a bit ridiculous to me. > > I don't know. If they include binaries for gpl'd code (which would be any > running linux at the very least), then they have an obligation to provide > source. > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
