On 5/18/06, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...961...> wrote:
Hi Johan, yes this is fine, as long as you also mention that it is Open Source, and that they can get the source code at http://inkscape.org.
As I understand it this would not meet the distribution obligations of the GPL. Section 3 covers it - if you are distributing a binary on a medium such as CD, you have to provide the source code on the same or similar medium (3a), or provide a written offer to provide such medium within 3 years at a cost only covering the media distribution (3b).
The only other method is Section 3c which I don't think would apply here since it is probably counted as commercial distribution (due to the sale of the magazine which included the CD).
Anyway the upshot is, it is usually safest to include the source code tarball on the CD as well as the reference to http://inkscape.org to get the latest code.
Cheers Derek