10 Apr
2004
10 Apr
'04
12:27 p.m.
>> The
GPL also uses the term ,any third party'.
And the FAQ clarifies exactly what is meant by "third party": Under some
circumstances (ie GPL section 3c) Distributees may pass along your written
offer of source code when they pass along your binary. Your offer must
extend to these third parties (they are "parties" to the licence agreement,
btw) as well as to your original distributees. But if (and only if) you distribute an executeable,
then you are obligated
to make source available to those who you distribute it to, and to "third
parties" as described above.
and this is precisely why the 3 options for distribution (in the
non-commercial distributon case only) include an "upstream feed"
(i.e. you can get it where i got it). if i license my program to you,
and you (non-commercially) distribute it to someone else, you can
point them to me.
--p