Bryce Harrington wrote:
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 08:49:14AM +0800, Derek Hinchliffe wrote:
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).
Ah, thanks for the clarification. Other magazines have only included the binaries, but if the GPL requires the sourcecode be included, then it would be most proper to also include that.
Could the meaning of (3b) be stretched and the mention of the availability of the source code at http://inkscape.org be understood as a written offer to provide the source code?