ubuntu licence

[Matthew Flaschen]

Rashkae wrote:
> This is more of a technicality, since the Ubuntu sources are already
> widely available.

No, it's not a "technicality".  If his company is distributing binaries
commercially, it needs to distribute source code or write a written offer.

  However, to cover all your bases, it wouldn't hurt to
> download all the source packages for the Ubuntu version you are
> distributing, and putting up a document on the desktop that your clients
> can request the whole lot of them on DVD's for $5.

That might comply with GPLv3, but probably not GPLv2.  Safest bet is a
note in the manual that says where you can physically write to get a copy.

IANAL.  TINLA

Matt Flaschen