On Sun, 09 Mar 2014 14:49:51 +0000, Joseph wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> On 06/03/2014 12:44, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 22:54:46 +0000, Joseph wrote in message > > <[email protected]>: > I may have skimmed too quickly, but that page seems to be more about > one-step builds. One step builds are great engineering practice (but > not required by the GPL). ..it's work in progress, the idea is automate all the boring build _etc_ stuff so we can focus on FG development, and not on having to try remember how-we-did-the-build-the-last-time-it-worked-ok." > > ..but this script is a fine start. > > http://wiki.flightgear.org/Scripted_Compilation_on_Linux_Debian/Ubuntu > Did you intend to put a different link from the previous one here? ..no, I try to help people snip without ditching context. ;o) > >> The GPL only requires them to provide source that matches the > >> binaries, it does not (by my reading) require them to provide proof > >> beyond doubt that the source and binaries match. > > > > ..then we disagree on our readings, but I do agree it's hard to > > require them to provide proof beyond doubt that the source and > > binaries match when we have no standard way to prove compliance, > > this also leaves jurors etc at the mercy of litigators hiring > > more or less sleazy expert witness telling stories on things > > the jurors and judges can't easily understand and verify. > > The GPL (v2) says they must provide " a complete machine-readable > copy of the corresponding source code". I find it hard to interpret > this in the way you suggest. ..you can't now, and jurors etc are left with conflicting interpretions that they cannot easily test, they must choose which law shark's story to believe, and in most cases they try to be reasonable and compromise, instead compromising the sharpness of the teeth of copyright law and the GPL. > Although I may appear to be negative, I must state that I absolutely > applaud the efforts to try and produce consistent checksums for > binaries compiled from the same source. If consistent checksums could > be achieved, it would help in a huge number of areas, including GPL > compliance. > > Joseph > ..critism is neccessary, without it we get nowhere. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
