Ubuntu from source
Rashkae
ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Wed Sep 23 22:15:27 UTC 2009
Rashkae wrote:
> Strictly speaking, you are wrong. Forgive me if I don't quote you
> directly from the GPL, since I'm lazy, but Mephis ran headfirst into
> this problem. Distributing a binary of a GPL program, modified or not,
> requires that you make the source available to the recipients of the
> binary. You can comply with this by including a written offer to send
> the source for a nominal fee, but it turns out it's just easier and less
> complicated to simply include the source with the repos. It's not
> sufficient to just rely on upstream. (after all, upstream is under no
> obligation to keep offering the version of the source that you happen to
> have packaged.)
>
Here's a brief summary of that little drama:
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9113053102.html
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