8 Apr
2009
8 Apr
'09
10:41 p.m.
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:32:36 +0100 Michael Holmes wrote:
Not to be Mr. Goody Two Shoes, but isn't that a GPL violation? Seeing as you can make an RPM from an SRPM but not vice versa, and the source is what the GPL focuses on.
I'm not any kind of a legal expert, but I suspect that the concept of "reasonable effort" comes into play here.
If you requested GPL source for something by snailmail letter it's not a GPL violation if it takes the post office a few days to deliver the letter and the guy on the other end a little longer to package and ship a CD or tape to you.
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