Re: Providing source for .iso files downloaded using bittorrent

2011-04-25 Thread Ken Arromdee
On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: What do you think? Um, I think I said the same thing, down to the reference to the GPLV3 clause meant to prevent the problem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact lis

Re: Providing source for .iso files downloaded using bittorrent

2011-04-24 Thread Ben Finney
"Marcelo E. Magallon" writes: > My interpretation of the whole thing is that in order to comply with > the terms of the GPLv2, we should put yet another file, README.GPLv2, > in the .iso explaining how to obtain the sources and accompany that > with the offer to provide source for three years

Re: Providing source for .iso files downloaded using bittorrent

2011-04-24 Thread Walter Landry
"Marcelo E. Magallon" wrote: > Now, back to the Debian case, Bradley seems to think that > providing a method to download the source (e.g. apt-get source) > is not enough. If I understand it correctly, he's saying we > must do something extra to comply with GPLv2ยง3: a) provide the > source *

Providing source for .iso files downloaded using bittorrent

2011-04-24 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
Hi everyone, the request to stop redistributing Debian in Germany sparked an interesting conversation in identi.ca: http://identi.ca/conversation/69498913 In that conversation Bradley Kuhn said: bkuhn @vinzv, Please note: *technically speaking*, !Debian project itself violates !GPlv