Re: Distribution of media content together with GPLv2 code in one package?

2010-04-05 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Rudolf Polzer [100404 12:16]: > One argument against supplying "full" source code commonly raised by artists, > is that a 3MB large music piece can depend on several gigabytes of "source > data", if applying the source requirement recursively. That is not much different with classical computer

Re: Distribution of media content together with GPLv2 code in one package?

2010-04-05 Thread Rudolf Polzer
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 09:49:36AM +0100, Matthew Johnson wrote: > I think it's pretty clear that you can distribute data alongside a GPL work > without it being covered by the GPL. The reason why program objects which link > the GPL work need to be distributed under the GPL is that the result > co

Re: Distribution of media content together with GPLv2 code in one package?

2010-04-05 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:01:04 +0200 Miriam Ruiz wrote: > 2010/4/5 Francesco Poli : [...] > > Steve, please clarify your interpretation of the DFSG. > > It sounds very awkward to me. > > Even though it might sounded ackward when I first read this, Steve can > have a point here. If I am understanding

Re: Distribution of media content together with GPLv2 code in one package?

2010-04-05 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 17:33:11 +0200 Rudolf Polzer wrote: [...] > On a related note - does the GPL-2 even require that the source code release > be > under the GPL-2 too? Yes, it does, as far as I can tell. > The wording seems to indicate that a GPL-2 conforming > source release is not even requir

Re: Distribution of media content together with GPLv2 code in one package?

2010-04-05 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2010/4/5 Francesco Poli : > On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 23:52:45 -0700 Steve Langasek wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 08:11:26PM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: >> > Steve Langasek wrote: >> > > On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 12:22:53AM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: >> > >> However, it is my opinion that works wit

Re: Distribution of media content together with GPLv2 code in one package?

2010-04-05 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 23:52:45 -0700 Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 08:11:26PM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: > > Steve Langasek wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 12:22:53AM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > > >> However, it is my opinion that works with unavailable source do not > > >

Re: Distribution of media content together with GPLv2 code in one package?

2010-04-05 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Sun Apr 04 17:33, Rudolf Polzer wrote: > > > Well, can it then still be one single download package? > > > > > > Can "the game" consist on multiple differently licensed parts? > > > > > > Can these then be provided as one download (and with an included text file > > > defining the licenses of