On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:02 PM, R. Brent Clements <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rbclemen@gmail.com">rbclemen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
That is what I thought. I cannot find anything in the license that<br>
states that one has to provide the source code separate from the<br>
object code. </blockquote><div><br>It does not say that. It just says that you have to give the source code for<br>those who ask for it.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
And if the license stated that you MUST give your<br>
software away for free, that would indeed make it impossible to make<br>
money in the open source world. </blockquote><div><br>It does not say anything about selling or not selling.<br><br>But in effect, it makes the business model of selling pressed copies of<br>software impractical. <br><br>
The reason is that anyone that you sell the software to can legally give<br>it away for free to anyone else, including the source code. So if your<br>software is popular you will only sell a few copies, then nothing.<br><br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">It only ensures that the software you<br>
get comes with the rights you deserve. And it is really sad that the<br>
word free is overloaded here to have two applicable but different<br>
meanings.<br></blockquote><div><br>Agreed it is ambiguous.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Brent<br>
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On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Chris Frey <<a href="mailto:cdfrey@foursquare.net">cdfrey@foursquare.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 01:31:35PM -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
>> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:22 PM, R. Brent Clements <<a href="mailto:rbclemen@gmail.com">rbclemen@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> > If I distribute the source with the object code to a second party, I<br>
>> > have met my obligations. If they then distribute it to a third party<br>
>> > without the source code, then they are not complying with the license,<br>
>> > not me.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> But if the third party ask you, the first party, for the source, you have to<br>
>> make it available.<br>
><br>
> I believe Brent is correct here. Third parties only get to claim access<br>
> if you choose the "written offer" option of distribution. In the<br>
> section on Conveying non-source forms, you have the option of chosing<br>
> only one of those methods, and the first method is giving the objects<br>
> along with the source code. If you pick that option (A), it looks to<br>
> me like the transaction is finished, and third parties have no claim on you.<br>
><br>
> GPL v2 is a bit less verbose, but seems to say the same thing.<br>
><br>
> In other words, as long as binary and code are not separated in the<br>
> transaction, then it is just one transaction which has completely<br>
> filled the GPL's requirements.<br>
><br>
> - Chris<br>
><br>
><br>
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