From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FxrTu-0007Hn-D1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:26:50 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k64KOirS015722; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 20:24:44 GMT Received: from continental.nick125.com (dsl093-220-003.abq1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.220.3]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k64KGQ5F006801 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 20:16:27 GMT Received: by continental.nick125.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4A915C8C052; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:15:29 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: GPL and Source code providing From: Nick Devito To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <44AAC4E7.6070900@gentoo.org> References: <44A24A29.2080402@alpha.spugium.net> <20060628133332.1033f464@c1358217.kevquinn.com> <44A2921A.9030606@alpha.spugium.net> <44A2A093.8060205@alpha.spugium.net> <20060628195412.11a8477d@c1358217.kevquinn.com> <20060628192000.GA16426@kfk4ever.com> <20060629001752.01c9e617@c1358217.kevquinn.com> <20060701111437.0ed09223@c1358217.kevquinn.com> <1151848708.9102.10.camel@vertigo.twi-31o2.org> <44AA9076.5010001@gentoo.org> <44AA8A69.7000103@gentoo.org> <44AAC4E7.6070900@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:15:29 -0600 Message-Id: <1152044129.29593.54.camel@continental.nick125.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 X-Archives-Salt: 9373dd46-2f97-4d01-a23a-8ca09f13f6fb X-Archives-Hash: d746500e5059b929aaf66107f37b7207 It wouldn't be a hard task to accomplish (to put the sources on the mirrors), since *most* of the source is already on the mirrors in some form or another. We could make an option when downloading the livecd to either download ones with the sources included, or without, and, include links to download the tarballs used in making that release. And yes, it would be very trivial compared to violating the GPL. That's just me... ~ nick On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 15:43 -0400, Patrick McLean wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Marius Mauch wrote: > > Patrick McLean schrieb: > >> I have absolutely zero experience with catalyst, but couldn't it be made > >> to create a source CD ISO when it is generating the binary one? Just > >> make a cd with all the distfiles used in the ISO, and keep the source > >> ISO with the binary one in /historical. > > > > Creating an ISO isn't a problem (assuming you have the sources, which > > for historical releases might be a problem), but it would require > > another several hundred megabytes per release on the mirrors which isn't > > exactly a trivial amount. > > > No it's not a trivial amount, but it's also important that we comply > with the licenses of the software that we distribute. I think that > storing a gig or two extra on the mirrors (or more on the mirrors that > archive /historical) is fairly trivial compared to violating the GPL. > > If we violate the GPL in this case, we really won't be able to enforce > it in the future if someone were to violate it in the case of our stuff. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFEqsTnWt/XSf2CZdkRAk6FAJ9Sph9N43xafN/ihxUOREjKgJX8KACcCbTy > 52EK0y1dFpYu7PL17gu2K3U= > =NP2P > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list