From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,3e26dfa741e64e5f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feed6.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!news-out2.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!xindi.nntp.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.stueberl.de!proxad.net!infeed-4.proxad.net!news18-e.free.fr!not-for-mail Sender: sam@willow.rfc1149.net From: Samuel Tardieu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2005 Edition is now available References: <432919be$0$10539$4d4eb98e@read.news.fr.uu.net> <1126774252.966025.283640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1360993.Id2EMbt9BC@linux1.krischik.com> <87vf1284wu.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> Date: 21 Sep 2005 09:57:37 +0200 Message-ID: <87vf0u6efi.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:660:330f:f810:211:2fff:fea6:3aa1 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Sep 2005 09:57:50 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.56.47.149 X-Trace: 1127289470 news18-e.free.fr 7357 81.56.47.149:60793 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4982 Date: 2005-09-21T09:57:50+02:00 List-Id: Sam> It depends on the Free Software licence you have chosen and what Sam> kind of distribution you have used. For example, if you choose to Sam> distribute your program under section 3.b) of the GPL (that is Sam> provide sources on demand only instead of spontaneously), you have Sam> to provide *any third party* with a copy of the sources. Preben> I don't understand. I can make a GPL program and keep it for Preben> myself or give it to one or two friends. I don't need to give Preben> it to the rest of the world even if it is GPL. If you distribute it in binary form only to your friends under the GPL license and choose to use the 3.b) section of the GPL instead of giving them the source code, then you have to provide *anyone* requesting it a copy of the source code at a reasonable fee. This is meant to encourage you to distribute the source code spontaneously in a first place. Excerpt: | 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: | [...] | b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three | years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your | cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete | machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be | distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium | customarily used for software interchange; Note the *any third party* in the text above. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/sam