From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 21 22:06:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EB0C16A403 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:06:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kristian@herkild.dk) Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk (pfepb.post.tele.dk [195.41.46.236]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 920D443D6E for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:06:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kristian@herkild.dk) Received: from [83.92.119.42] (x1-6-00-0b-6a-92-4c-08.k598.webspeed.dk [83.92.119.42]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25AD4A50027 for ; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:06:40 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <453A99F5.9060508@herkild.dk> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:06:45 +0200 From: Kristian Poul Herkild User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Factual wrong information in "Explaining BSD" X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:06:46 -0000 At this url: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/explaining-bsd/comparing-bsd-and-linux.html it is claimed (4.5) that the GPL does not allow binary-only distribution. It is factually wrong. The terms GPL license clearly states it is legal to distribute only the binaries under certain circumstances (GPL 3b+c) -- 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: *a) is removed b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.) -- It would be nice to see it corrected, and the part "This is particularly attractive for embedded applications." removed since the GPL does not prevent usage in embedded applications. All which is required is to follow the terms in 3b). Kind Regards, Kristian Poul Herkild