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).
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.
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.
In any case, it's great to see inkscape included on magazine CD's. I just hope our Dutch translation is not too bad! :-)
Bryce