Hello I am a co-author of Links and I can't see how the GPL is satisfied by how OpenBSD is distributing Links binaries.
I downloaded a .tgz of Links binary from the FTP archive at ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/packages/i386/links+-2.1pre20p0-no_x11.tgz The distribution of binaries is covered by section 3 of GPL and there are 3 possibilities how to comply: "a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or," I didn't find a copy of source code in the .tgz. The FTP directory doesn't seem to contain source code of Links and it doesn't contain a README saying where the source is to be downloaded. "b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or," no written offer in the .tgz "c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)" Didn't find any such information inside, or in a README in that directory. GPL further reads: "If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code." >From this I have a feeling that the Links distribution of OpenBSD doesn't accord to the terms of GPL. Do you have an argument to convince me that I am wrong? I came to this by chance when I was searching for the source of Transcode distributed with OpenBSD, but couldn't find it. CL<
