Re: [LINUX5250] Binary Dist (setup program) for Win32

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Scott Klement wrote:

> > Will you only want it downloadable from Sourceforge or could I offer a
> > download/mirror from my site. I've got enough screen shots of it around
> > that I should have that on offer too ;)
>
> Hmmm... I'd have to re-read the license (or you can) but I think in order
> to distribute the binary version, you also need to distribute the source
> on the same page.  (At least, that's normal with GNU licenses)
>
> Aside from that, I think the license says you're free to distribute it...
> but, you should probably read the license to make sure.

My reading of the GNU licenses is that you have to provide unfettered
access to the source of the program you are distributing, but you yourself
do not have to be the one who actually distributes that source.  IOW it is
sufficient to point to a different source for the code to the binary you
are distributing as long as the code you point to can be used to create
(without modification) the binaries you distribute.  In the event that the
source code cannot be obtained without restriction from another source
that you refer to you must provide source yourself without restriction in
order to distribute the binaries.

James Rich
james@eaerich.com