Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 1999 19:24:04 -0500
Message-Id:	<199901260024.TAA12093@envy.delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<199901260020.AAA225886@out2.ibm.net> (snowball3@usa.net)
Subject:	Re: new version of bash 2.02.1 uploaded
References:	<199901260020 DOT AAA225886 AT out2 DOT ibm DOT net>
Reply-To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

> To save upload time, the source consists of those files changes from
> the official GNU distribution.

Note that this does not meet the FSF's interpretation of the GPL's
requirement to make sources available "via the same means" as the
binaries.  They expect that if you provide binaries via the internet,
that you also provide the sources on the same machine.  Two reasons:

1. The machine you rely on for sources may not be reachable.
2. The machine you rely on for sources may remove those sources.

By providing the sources on the same machine as the binaries, you can
ensure that anyone who can get the binaries can also get the sources.

This is also one of the reasons that the DJGPP archives always include
their own sources zips.

DJ

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