On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 02:27:04PM -0800, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 04:21:18PM +0000, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > easier for some users, but unless we provide a link to the source _for > > that particular compile_ somewhere in the code, it's a probable GPL > > violation (Joe gets from fp.org, a release, so could get the source. > > Mary gets from Joe, Adam gets from Mary... Adam has no easy way to > > find the source, and if Mary or Joe disappears, is stuffed). > > We simply include a link to http://freenetproject.org/ somewhere in the > distribution (possibly in the COPYING file) saying that the source can > be obtained there. I don't believe that the GPL demands that the source > be available anonymously just because the binary is. The problem is that we don't know which version of the JAR the local node is running, and therefore which source. It's possible that it's come from another node running the distservlet, who may have a custom JAR or whatever. IMHO we should provide the source on the dist servlet page... > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] > Latest Project http://cematics.com/kanzi > Personal Homepage http://locut.us/
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