> >This is ok if we shut down all any publically accessible mirrors which
> >only offer binaries.
Oliver Elphick wrote:
> Mirror site owners/administrators are responsible for their own
> policies. Surely Debian itself is responsible only for ...debian.org?
I meant from the official mirrors
Raul Miller wrote:
>Tyson Dowd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> You are safe if you can download the source from the FTP site at the
>> time of offering the binaries. Since this is always the case, there is
>> no problem.
>
>This is ok if we shut down all any publically accessible mirrors
On 04-Dec-1998, Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think we're safe if we keep the sources available for three years
> > after the binaries are available.
Tyson Dowd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You are safe if you can download the source from the FTP site at the
> time of offering the b
On 04-Dec-1998, Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think we're safe if we keep the sources available for three years
> after the binaries are available.
You are safe if you can download the source from the FTP site at
the time of offering the binaries. Since this is always the case,
th
Raul Miller wrote:
> I think that if all our mirrors distributed full source, and if apt had
> an option so that it would always download the source for every binary
> it installed, that we would could get by with deleting source at the
> same time we delete the binaries.
This is not a problem.
>F
> > > Hmm? The archive on va is on /org/archive.debian.org/ftp
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Raul Miller wrote:
> > If the sources are not publically accessible we're not meeting the GPL
> > requirement that we distribute them.
Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The requirement is 3 years and som
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> frankly, we should stop distributing GPLed code.
Woo, woo, that would sure make for one hell of a distribution. Let's
do it.
--
James
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Raul Miller wrote:
> > > Really? What urls should I look at?
>
> Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hmm? The archive on va is on /org/archive.debian.org/ftp
>
> If the sources are not publically accessible we're not meeting the GPL
> requirement that we distribu
> > Really? What urls should I look at?
Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmm? The archive on va is on /org/archive.debian.org/ftp
If the sources are not publically accessible we're not meeting the GPL
requirement that we distribute them.
> > Even if we restrict special source retent
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Raul Miller wrote:
> > > One issue that's come up: we're currently doing nothing to guarantee
> > > that we're distributing source for three years after binaries have been
> > > shipped on GPLed code.
>
> Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > We do for things we hav
> > One issue that's come up: we're currently doing nothing to guarantee
> > that we're distributing source for three years after binaries have been
> > shipped on GPLed code.
Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We do for things we have officially released. If you look on va there
> is a
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Raul Miller wrote:
> One issue that's come up: we're currently doing nothing to guarantee
> that we're distributing source for three years after binaries have been
> shipped on GPLed code.
We do for things we have officially released. If you look on va there is
an archive of
One issue that's come up: we're currently doing nothing to guarantee
that we're distributing source for three years after binaries have been
shipped on GPLed code.
In my opinion, this is a policy matter.
We should probably tag packages with a source retention clause in their
license (with the du
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