[maemo-developers] Ask for removal of some packages from Extras Fremantle repository

[From: Andrew Flegg]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 00:20, Attila Csipa <maemo at csipa.in.rs> wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 March 2010 00:39:09 Darren Long wrote:
>> However, in the general case where the source and the executable are not
>> the same, I believe that maemo.org would be obliged to continue to make
>> the source available, for at least 3 years.
>
> Now, I might just be grossly misinformed or misinterpreting the legalese,
> but to me it sounds like the GPL (at least v2) brings into play the 3 year
> requirement IF and ONLY IF you choose to provide the sources through a
> written offer (instead of accompanying the binaries through neighbouring
> links, which is actually what maemo.org does).

However, I think that link is the "written offer"; let's consider 3a again:

> 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've added the emphasis. The source code does *not* accompany every
download from maemo.org (consider the HAM case as it perfectly
demonstrates it).

If the source code doesn't accompany every download, then 3a doesn't
apply so one of 3b or 3c must.

If 3b applies, maemo.org has to continue to host the source.

If 3c applies, Benoît has to continue to offer the source, but
maemo.org must provide a way of exposing that point of contact to
users. Perhaps http://maemo.org/packages/view/pygtkeditor/ would
display "please contact the maintainer for source".

Cheers,

Andrew

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