Re: open source distribution

2003-08-30 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 15:57:23 +0200, Rudy Gevaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Of course, it's easiest to just send the source with the binary in the > first place. ..amen. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar be

Re: open source distribution

2003-08-30 Thread Rudy Gevaert
On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 03:44:21PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..correct, offer an _available_ url. Not really, from the GPL FAQ: I want to distribute binaries without accompanying sources. Can I provide source code by FTP instead of by mail order? You're supposed to provide the source co

Re: open source distribution

2003-08-30 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:39:41 +0200, Rudy Gevaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 06:08:10AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > ..I would agree, as you point your "someone" to that url, they > > _have_ access to the source at their own discretio

Re: open source distribution

2003-08-30 Thread Rudy Gevaert
On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 06:08:10AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..I would agree, as you point your "someone" to that url, they > _have_ access to the source at their own discretion, you don't > have to stuff it down their throat, just to make it available. Providing an URL is *not* enough. You

Re: open source distribution

2003-08-30 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 03:26:30 +0100, Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 10:57:05PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:05:14 -0400, > > David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > >

Re: open source distribution

2003-08-30 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 10:57:05PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:05:14 -0400, > David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > [1] I've run into a fair bit of GPL'd PalmOS software. While free > > software is well and good, the main way hand

Re: open source distribution

2003-08-29 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:05:14 -0400, David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [1] I've run into a fair bit of GPL'd PalmOS software. While free > software is well and good, the main way handheld software seems to get > shared is by IR beaming -- which is binary-on

Re: open source distribution

2003-08-29 Thread David Z Maze
Emma Jane Hogbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hopefully a (quick) question...if I make a product which is open > source I don't have to *distribute* the product, do I? I don't think anything compels you to distribute it, no. But if you do distribute it you generally have to distribute it with s