

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl] 
> Sent: 10 March 2003 15:43
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Justin Clift; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Who puts the Windows binaries on the 
> FTP server?
> 
> 
> 
> Really?  Where?  The clause about providing source says (note 
> the "or" between the clauses):

From:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#SourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites

Can I put the binaries on my Internet server and put the source on a
different Internet site?

The GPL says you must offer access to copy the source code "from the
same place"; that is, next to the binaries. However, if you make
arrangements with another site to keep the necessary source code
available, and put a link or cross-reference to the source code next to
the binaries, we think that qualifies as "from the same place". 
Note, however, that it is not enough to find some site that happens to
have the appropriate source code today, and tell people to look there.
Tomorrow that site may have deleted that source code, or simply replaced
it with a newer version of the same program. Then you would no longer be
complying with the GPL requirements. To make a reasonable effort to
comply, you need to make a positive arrangement with the other site, and
thus ensure that the source will be available there for as long as you
keep the binaries available. 



As Justin hasn't (I assume) agreed with the Cygwin people to link to
their server, then he must supply the source as well.

Regards, Dave.

Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:03:09 -0000
"Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>
Re: Who puts the Windows binaries on the FTP server?
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 04:03:09PM -0000, Dave Page wrote:

> > Really?  Where?  The clause about providing source says (note 
> > the "or" between the clauses):
> 
> From:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#SourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites
> 
> Can I put the binaries on my Internet server and put the source on a
> different Internet site?

[snip]

> As Justin hasn't (I assume) agreed with the Cygwin people to link to
> their server, then he must supply the source as well.

Justin obtained a binary copy of Cygwin.  Because of this, he got a
offer to the sources from the cygwin site, and because of the 3c clause
I cited before he can just provide "the same information he received".

The provision on that clause says that 3c is only valid if he got a
binary copy with a source offer.  He didn't compile anything, so the
clause applies.

When and if the Cygwin people takes the Cygwin source off their site,
then people can upload the source to techdocs or wherever.  Before that,
there's no need to worry.

Don't get me wrong; I'm usually a free software advocate.  But the FSF
likes to take things too far.

-- 
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"Vivir y dejar de vivir son soluciones imaginarias.
La existencia estï¿½ en otra parte" (Andre Breton)

Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:14:45 -0400
Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl>
Re: Who puts the Windows binaries on the FTP server?