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From: Stuart Herbert <stuart.herbert@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GPL and Source code providing
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:13:15
Message-Id: b38c6f4c0606280801v55a22054he2250f8b57ffbd50@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GPL and Source code providing by Mivz
1 On 6/28/06, Mivz <mivz@×××××××××××××.net> wrote:
2 > How free is free software if you need a lawyer and a expensive server
3 > just to be able to publish your addition under your own name?
4
5 With the GPL v2, you don't need a server at all. You're perfectly
6 entitled to distribute the code on DVD (for example), for a fee. You
7 don't have to keep the source online at all.
8
9 If the GPL v3 does require you to keep the source online, that'd be a
10 shame. Relying on third parties (such as SourceForge, or Berlios) to
11 host your source online is risky ... if they disappear, *you* are
12 still liable to keep your source code online (presumably the three
13 year rule still applies). If the third party disappears, taking older
14 versions of the code with it, what then for you? Technically, you're
15 in violation.
16
17 The idea that everyone has cheap hosting available to them is sadly an
18 incomplete view of the world :(
19
20 Best regards,
21 Stu
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