Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:26:52 +0100 From: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> Subject: Re: Licensing question about GPL/LGPL binaries Message-ID: <45E19CAC.9030802@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <001201c757f0$2ba91fa0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <45DED5B6.9020309@t-hosting.hu> <CC493214-CE69-49D6-AF00-C3D62CF8780C@goldmark.org> <001201c757f0$2ba91fa0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Ted Mittelstaedt schrieb: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeffrey Goldberg" <jeffrey@goldmark.org> > To: "Kövesdán Gábor" <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 9:02 AM > Subject: Re: Licensing question about GPL/LGPL binaries > > > >> [freebsd-emulation cut from cc] >> >> >> On Feb 23, 2007, at 5:53 AM, Kövesdán Gábor wrote: >> >> >>> The question is that can we extract and provide these binaries in a >>> simple tar.gz file or is that considered a GPL/LGPL violation? The >>> sources are freely available on slackware.com, but we are not sure >>> doing so is legally correct. What do you think about this? >>> >> Gábor, >> >> What you plan to do is perfectly fine under the GPL as long as >> >> (1) What you distribute is under the GPL license >> (2) You let people know where they can freely get the source >> (3) You don't take credit for work that isn't yours. >> >> > > Jeffrey, > > Kovesdan is not modifying the binaries or the sources, thus there is no > need for him to GPL license his distribution - the files in his distribution > already carry their own GPL license. He just needs to include all of the > files, which by GPL requirement, are going to include a copies of the GPL > licenses that are applied to those files, as well as instructions as to > where > to get the sources. He does not need to further apply some kind > of 'overall' GPL license to his distribution. > > It's a similar issue as someone running an FTP server with GPL software > on it, they are merely serving as a venue for the distribution. > > It's a fine point to be sure, but an important one espically as the FSF is > aiming to have multiple, incompatible, versions of the GPL floating around. > > Ted > > Thanks for the answers to both of you. We just modify the packaging of the file: gzipped tarball instead of floppy images, so it will be fine to redistribute them with the pointer to the sources then. Regards, Gabor
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?45E19CAC.9030802>