Concerns
Matt Zimmerman
mdz at ubuntu.com
Sat Dec 23 02:50:46 GMT 2006
On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 07:37:59PM -0800, Jordan Mantha wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 11:54:06PM -0500, Andrew Zajac wrote:
> >> On 12/13/06, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> If your tool makes this process easier, then everyone is
> >>> happy. Thanks for your concern.
> >> What is the consensus about distributing the source code for these
> >> derivatives? Since they are tweaked Ubuntu distros, does one comply
> >> to the GPL by pointing to the Ubuntu archives for the source code? Or
> >> do they have to distribute the source code themselves?
> >
> > Where they're using identical source code from a supported Ubuntu release,
> > they can point to us. Where they're modifying or adding software, they need
> > to provide that source code.
> >
>
> Just to be clear, does that include software from Universe or just Main?
Everything that we're providing anyway as part of Ubuntu.
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- mdz
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