Re: What GPL requirements are implied by publishing an ISO with GRUB binaries ?

2017-09-12 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Tom Davies wrote: > This might not be the best place to ask about legal issues for edge-case > scenarios. At least it would be the place to discuss what should be written in the docs. The problem is quite specific to grub-mkrescue or people who equip computers with GRUB and then pass them on

Re: What GPL requirements are implied by publishing an ISO with GRUB binaries ?

2017-09-11 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, SevenBits Tech wrote: > it is my understanding that, yes, you are required to provide the > source code used to build the compiled binary. Agreed. But normally it suffices to point to the place from where one got the published sources of the free software which one forwards. E.g. with xorriso

Re: What GPL requirements are implied by publishing an ISO with GRUB binaries ?

2017-09-10 Thread SevenBits Tech
While I don't have specific quotes from the GPL to share in regards to this situation, it is my understanding that, yes, you are required to provide the source code used to build the compiled binary. This is because every person who receives the software has the right to the source used to build

What GPL requirements are implied by publishing an ISO with GRUB binaries ?

2017-09-10 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i read on http://wiki.osdev.org/Bare_Bones#Building_a_bootable_cdrom_image a cumbersome interpretation of GRUB's GPL for the case of publishing an ISO with GRUB boot equipment. (See quote below.) Is it really necessary to keep and publish the source package of the binary distro package if t