[Ilugc] [OT] To be or not to be FOSS?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Mano wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 12:21 AM, Rahul Sundaram
>  wrote:
>>  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html. Distribution
>>  under section 3 can be done via three different conditions. These are
>>  not always mutually related to each other and should be read separately.
>>
>>  If I as a distributor provide you the binary along with the source,
>>  there is no requirement for me to distribute the source to any other
>>  third party at all. That is 3 a)
>>
>>  3 b) covers the case where I as a distributor do not include the source
>>  along with the binary but provide you a written offer for source code on
>>  demand. Here third party does not mean the entire world. Refer
>>
>>  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatDoesWrittenOfferValid
>>
> 
> Thanks for that link.
> 
> But what it means is that anyone who receives a copy of the binary is
> free to redistribute it to third parties and any such third party can
> write to you and ask for the source! 

If the source is distributed under 3b) and not 3a). Keep that in mind.

Rahul