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Re: [opensuse] Re: Source rpms for SLED
- From: Raúl Moratalla <raul.moratalla@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 12:45:30 +0200
- Message-id: <200705061245.30937.raul.moratalla@xxxxxxxxx>
El Domingo, 6 de Mayo de 2007 09:05, John Andersen escribió:
> > But that's not the point. People often think that someone has to provide
> > the sources in any case for GPL software. But only people having access
> > to the binaries must get access to the sources also. So only if you are
> > a SLED customer you can ask for the sources for the GPL'ed software on
> > it.
>
> That's my interpretation too, only if you distribute the product do you
> need to give source, so one could take the position that until one
> purchases a copy no distribution takes place (evaluation software aside).
> Therefore there is no requirement to give source to anyone except paying
> customers.
>
>
Yes, I also thought it ,thanks :)
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> > But that's not the point. People often think that someone has to provide
> > the sources in any case for GPL software. But only people having access
> > to the binaries must get access to the sources also. So only if you are
> > a SLED customer you can ask for the sources for the GPL'ed software on
> > it.
>
> That's my interpretation too, only if you distribute the product do you
> need to give source, so one could take the position that until one
> purchases a copy no distribution takes place (evaluation software aside).
> Therefore there is no requirement to give source to anyone except paying
> customers.
>
>
Yes, I also thought it ,thanks :)
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