Hi Martin on 02.06.2012 23:58, Martin Hejl wrote: > Hi Erich, > >> I am not a lawyer, so I have the right to be convinced that >> as long as the source code of the project can be provided AND we >> document where it came from, that should be sufficient. > You're not a lawyer, and neither am I - but the rules set out at > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sitelegal/wiki/Controversial%20project%20hosting#SourceAvailability > do not seem to give us much in the way of being space efficient by > simply linking to other sources. > > The part where it says that "SourceForge.net requires that source code > releases be made via our File Release System for any binary releases > made via our File Release System or any other project resource." seems > to make it clear (at least to me) that we're not even doing enough in > the way of redundancy (since I read that as us having to provide all > sources in the FRS as well, just having them in git is not good enough.). > > I don't disagree with you (both that it's redundant, and that it's > stupid to have to provide sources ourselves, even though they're > available up-stream) - but the way I read the SF page, if we don't agree > with that, we'd better host the site somewhere else. And honestly, it > seems easier to waste a bit of space on the SF servers (since they > demand it), than to find a different host for the site.
Thank you for making that clear. So it is a Sourceforge requirement and not a GPL requirement. That makes quite a difference. I also agree that the convenience of publishing at sourceforge leverages a lot. I hope all that waste of energy and resources is worth it. cheers Erich
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