From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 25 14:27:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9526A16A400 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:27:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabor@FreeBSD.org) Received: from server.t-hosting.hu (server.t-hosting.hu [217.20.133.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FC2F13C48D for ; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:27:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabor@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.t-hosting.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04CE59EF171; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:27:07 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at t-hosting.hu Received: from server.t-hosting.hu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.t-hosting.hu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id XK43oqHdjEQ5; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:26:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.2.186] (catv-50635cb6.catv.broadband.hu [80.99.92.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by server.t-hosting.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D9729EF15E; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:26:53 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <45E19CAC.9030802@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:26:52 +0100 From: Gabor Kovesdan User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ted Mittelstaedt References: <45DED5B6.9020309@t-hosting.hu> <001201c757f0$2ba91fa0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> In-Reply-To: <001201c757f0$2ba91fa0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jeffrey Goldberg Subject: Re: Licensing question about GPL/LGPL binaries X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:27:08 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt schrieb: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeffrey Goldberg" > To: "Kövesdán Gábor" > Cc: > 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