Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 22:18:53 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Kristian Poul Herkild <kristian@herkild.dk> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Factual wrong information in "Explaining BSD" Message-ID: <20061205221853.GB8013@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <453A99F5.9060508@herkild.dk> References: <453A99F5.9060508@herkild.dk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 12:06:45AM +0200, Kristian Poul Herkild wrote: > 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). I think that the preceding sentence "In particular, any derivative work of a product released under the GPL must also be supplied with source code if requested" makes that reasonably clear. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFdfBNocfcwTS3JF8RAvaaAKCQ2fdZthz/9c5dIRtJ5cGnYeQx6gCgruj4 7fNB8ua95TUfRybqQ2hVh+0= =xy73 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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