On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:08 PM, David Woolley<for...@david-woolley.me.uk> wrote: > Mark Doliner wrote: > >> >> Yeah that should be totally fine. Pidgin is licensed under the GPL, >> and is therefore free to distribute. If you make any modifications >> you're obligated to offer the source code to those modifications to >> anyone who you've offered the binary. > > I don't believe that they have to modify the code to come under that > obligation. Section 3 applies to executables distributed under both section > 1 and section 2.
I feel like this part of the GPL is a little vague. Relevant excerpt from GPLv3, section 6d: You are allowed to distribute the binary provided you "offer equivalent access to the Corresponding Source in the same way through the same place at no further charge. ... If the place to copy the object code is a network server, the Corresponding Source may be on a different server (operated by you or a third party) that supports equivalent copying facilities, provided you maintain clear directions next to the object code saying where to find the Corresponding Source. Regardless of what server hosts the Corresponding Source, you remain obligated to ensure that it is available for as long as needed to satisfy these requirements." My interpretation is that it's fine for them to distribute an unmodified binary as long as they tell people "you can get the source from http://pidgin.im/" And I'm personally ok with that. -Mark _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support