Re: Binary distributions [ was Re: [PROPOSAL] fix for bad Xrefs ... ]
On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 08:52:32PM +0200, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
Why would that be illegal, if the CD contains the XEmacs sources?
Or,
do you mean that the CD should contain the sources to InstallShield --
which would be ridiculous, because it's impossible to achieve!
So what ? Some excerpts from the GPL:
If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your
obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations,
then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all.
3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections
1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,[...]
I think I'm going to ask RMS about that.
OG.