From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1437 invoked by alias); 3 Mar 2006 15:51:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 29749 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Mar 2006 15:40:52 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: Subject: RE: Licensing/Installer Questions Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:51:00 -0000 Message-ID: <041a01c63ed8$d7eb2dd0$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <20060303124001.GU3184@calimero.vinschen.de> Thread-Index: AcY+wo5hNZ+EPzjFQBOitdB8jzTd1wAACp5g X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Mar 2006 15:40:48.0582 (UTC) FILETIME=[D8160E60:01C63ED8] Mailing-List: contact cygwin-licensing-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-licensing-owner@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2006-q1/txt/msg00014.txt.bz2 On 03 March 2006 12:40, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mar 3 07:01, Michael Banks wrote: >> If we have a link on our website to download our product, which contains a >> few open-source cygwin tools, then is it OK to have a separate link to >> download the sources of those tools, just to try and save some bandwidth? >> Would it be OK to have text on the website like "Our product uses a number >> of open-source tools. To comply with the licesing for these tools, we are >> required to provide the source code for them. The source code is available >> upon request, so please contact us at yyy@zzz.com if interested." > > The basic GPL rules are In case you choose to skip or skim my rather more verbose mail, it basically says the same as Corinna has written here, but I think there's one extra point: > - If you don't provide the sources, you must provide a *written* offer, > valid for at least three years, to provide the source code on request. > This is according to GPL section 3b. I think the GPL is generally read as implying that those sources must be provided on a physical medium. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....