Andreas Tille wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 12:00:10AM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> If you think I have misunderstood the GPL, > > You are mixing up GPL and DFSG. GPL says that the source code needs to > be provided at least at request (and it in this case it is pretty easy > to obtain the source code). I responded to that claim earlier: | We're veering off-topic, but the section 6 of GPL-3 you are referring | to says: | | b) Convey the object code in, or embodied in, a physical product | (including a physical distribution medium), accompanied by a | written offer, valid for at least three years and valid for as | long as you offer spare parts or customer support for that product | model, to give anyone who possesses the object code either (1) a | [...] | | c) Convey individual copies of the object code with a copy of the | written offer to provide the Corresponding Source. This | alternative is allowed only occasionally and noncommercially, and | only if you received the object code with such an offer, in accord | with subsection 6b. | | I don't believe you received such a three-year offer accompanying a | diskette with the .jar files and are passing it on. This seems pretty cut-and-dried to me, but I could easily be missing something. It would be very easy to fix this by just including the corresponding source for the bundled version of jalview in the debian/ directory. The ensembl package is in non-free and the DFSG do not apply --- this is only about GPL compliance. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
