> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl]
> Sent: 10 March 2003 15:43
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Justin Clift; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Who puts the Windows binaries on the
> FTP server?
>
>
>
> Really? Where? The clause about providing source says (note
> the "or" between the clauses):
From:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#SourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites
Can I put the binaries on my Internet server and put the source on a
different Internet site?
The GPL says you must offer access to copy the source code "from the
same place"; that is, next to the binaries. However, if you make
arrangements with another site to keep the necessary source code
available, and put a link or cross-reference to the source code next to
the binaries, we think that qualifies as "from the same place".
Note, however, that it is not enough to find some site that happens to
have the appropriate source code today, and tell people to look there.
Tomorrow that site may have deleted that source code, or simply replaced
it with a newer version of the same program. Then you would no longer be
complying with the GPL requirements. To make a reasonable effort to
comply, you need to make a positive arrangement with the other site, and
thus ensure that the source will be available there for as long as you
keep the binaries available.
As Justin hasn't (I assume) agreed with the Cygwin people to link to
their server, then he must supply the source as well.
Regards, Dave.
