Date:	Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:16:26 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id:	<199809021316.JAA03074@delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	pavenis AT lanet DOT lv
CC:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<199809021408.QAA36460@ieva06.lanet.lv> (pavenis@lanet.lv)
Subject:	Re: egcs-1.1

If the sources aren't on in the distribution, how can they build them?

The GPL allows you to physically *mail* the sources to people, but you
have to provide *in writing* a promise good for three years to do so.
You can't provide a written note on an FTP site.  For electronic
distributions, the sources must accompany the binaries, at least as
far as the ftp/http site.

Besides, what happens if the sources on that other site go away?  Then
you're violating the GPL again.

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