This is the mail archive of the
cygwin-licensing
mailing list for the cygwin project.
RE: Licensing/Installer Questions
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin-licensing at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:40:48 -0000
- Subject: RE: Licensing/Installer Questions
On 03 March 2006 12:40, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Mar 3 07:01, Michael Banks wrote:
>> If we have a link on our website to download our product, which contains a
>> few open-source cygwin tools, then is it OK to have a separate link to
>> download the sources of those tools, just to try and save some bandwidth?
>> Would it be OK to have text on the website like "Our product uses a number
>> of open-source tools. To comply with the licesing for these tools, we are
>> required to provide the source code for them. The source code is available
>> upon request, so please contact us at yyy@zzz.com if interested."
>
> The basic GPL rules are
In case you choose to skip or skim my rather more verbose mail, it basically
says the same as Corinna has written here, but I think there's one extra
point:
> - If you don't provide the sources, you must provide a *written* offer,
> valid for at least three years, to provide the source code on request.
> This is according to GPL section 3b.
I think the GPL is generally read as implying that those sources must be
provided on a physical medium.
cheers,
DaveK
--
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....