Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:52:21 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports CHANGES UPDATING ports/Mk bsd.port.mk ports/accessibility/linux-atk Makefile pkg-plist ports/archivers/stuffit Makefile ports/astro/linux-setiathome Makefile ports/audio/baudline Makefile ports/audio/linux-arts ... Message-ID: <20041231225221.GA89911@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20041231221656.GA53772@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <200412311824.iBVIOAhM026389@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041231221656.GA53772@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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--HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:16:56PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > [snip] >=20 > > - remove RESTRICTED from some GPL licensed ports, even when we only > > distribute binaries, we get them from official linux sites, so > > anyone can grab them there if he needs to >=20 > This sound highly dubious to me, and I really don't think it satisfies > the requirements of the GNU GPL. There's been some discussion of this point, and there are differing opinions. If you read the FAQ on the gnu website, it discusses this case; they themselves say that we're allowed to point to a third party site to obtain the source code, and the only problem is if they remove it, which puts the burden back onto us. It's highly unlikely that every redhat 8.0 mirror will disappear from the internet during the period we're [1] obliged to provide access to source code (since those mirror sites are also obliged to provide ongoing access to the source code under the same terms), but if that happens then we can switch to hosting the srpms ourselves. Kris [1] The freebsd.org project, which only provides ftp access to the bits. CDROM resellers need to make their own arrangements to satisfy the GPL here and elsewhere, since at least by the gnu.org interpretation of their license they must provide sources "in kind" on binary media to customers who bought the binaries on binary media, and pointing obnoxious cdrom customers to a redhat mirror site isn't enough, i.e. they need to provide the srpms (and all other GPLed source code) on CD upon request. --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB1dglWry0BWjoQKURAhVzAJ0RgnY2eaoKscE+Om8+25Ohw2gmYgCgzPIM 3Sg9IVbACjrccBOdIvCuOso= =DPbr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD--
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