Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 08:16:12 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199810261316.IAA16036@indy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <711gnd$doh$1@antares.lu.erisoft.se>
	(Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se)
Subject: Re: DJGPP archive : files missingss
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com


> Sorry if I'm poking my nose into where it doesn't belong,

No, this is appropriate.

> but how long must you retain the sources because of the GNU license?

Only as long as the binaries are available.  The only time one must
retain sources is if you used a physical media to distribute the
binaries, and you included that written notice the GPL talks about.
For electronic distribution (ftp,www) the user must be able to
download the sources at the time they download the binaries, but
that's it for legal requirements.

> Consider that you downloaded some package two months ago and you
> come back for the sources for some reason - and they aren't there!
> (Neither is the binary package you downloaded before.)

If you don't download the sources at the time you download the
binaries, I'm not responsible at all.  I'm required to make the
sources available with the binaries; I am not required to make the
sources available if the binaries are not available.

However, I can't delete the sources unless I delete the binaries also.