c'est un peu contraignant comme jugement (surtout pour nous).
En effet la gplv2 dit
You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
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If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
Comme le fait remarquer le jugement, on peut proposer une url que si le soft a été distribué par ce moyen.
Donc il reste soit le cas a ou b.
Comme je vois mal les boites fournir le code source sur des cd pour chaque produit (sans compte les mises a jour possible), il nous reste que le cas b, ou l'utilisateur doit explicitement demander le code et eventuellement payé les frais d'envoi.
C'est d'un pratique pour le consomateur et pour le distributeur...
PS : l'internet ne peut il pas etre considéré comme un support courant d'échange de logiciel (medium customarily used for software interchange) ? oui je sais l'internet n'est pas un support physique...
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Posté par M . En réponse au journal Skype condamné pour Violation de GPL. Évalué à 2.
En effet la gplv2 dit
You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
[..]
If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
Comme le fait remarquer le jugement, on peut proposer une url que si le soft a été distribué par ce moyen.
Donc il reste soit le cas a ou b.
Comme je vois mal les boites fournir le code source sur des cd pour chaque produit (sans compte les mises a jour possible), il nous reste que le cas b, ou l'utilisateur doit explicitement demander le code et eventuellement payé les frais d'envoi.
C'est d'un pratique pour le consomateur et pour le distributeur...
PS : l'internet ne peut il pas etre considéré comme un support courant d'échange de logiciel (medium customarily used for software interchange) ? oui je sais l'internet n'est pas un support physique...