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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 18:10:32 -0500
Message-Id: <200302202310.h1KNAWh16962@greed.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT redhat DOT com>
To: cgf AT redhat DOT com
CC: rwcitek AT alum DOT calberkeley DOT org, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
In-reply-to: <20030220230040.GA21982@redhat.com> (message from Christopher
	Faylor on Thu, 20 Feb 2003 18:00:40 -0500)
Subject: Re: [rwcitek AT alum DOT calberkeley DOT org: Re: GPL Violation]
References:  <20030220230040 DOT GA21982 AT redhat DOT com>


Some comments:

> If they want the source from the LUG, they should contact us about
> prices.

This is acceptable, but GPL 3b requires that you provide a *written*
promise to that effect.  IMHO it only needs to be sufficiently legal
to be a binding contract - i.e. dated and authenticatable.  How you
acheive that is up your lawyer ;-) And (this is the fun part) it needs
to be effective for three years, so keep a copy of that source cd, as
you must ship the exact corresponding sources, not some random newer
version.

> We therefore charge a hefty price to deliver the source in CD form.

"Charge" is OK, "hefty" is not.

> This not only covers our time and production costs,

The GPL allows this.

> but also encourages the members to go to the primary repository
> (cygwin.com) for the sources.

The GPL forbids this.  It allows *actual* costs, but no more.  But be
fair to yourself - figure out media costs, hours spent, shipping,
overhead, etc.  The GPL doesn't want you to suffer from this, but
neither can the recipient suffer.

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