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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-20 19:11:44
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Rewrite description of GPLv3~\S6(d).

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 %FIXME-LATER: tie back to the discussion of the occasional offer pass along
 %             stuff in GPLv2 this tutorial.
 % FIXME:  probably mostly still right, needs some updates, though.
 New subsection 6d, which revises the final paragraph of GPLv2 section 3,
 addresses distribution of object code by offering access to copy the code
 from a designated place, such as by enabling electronic access to a network
 server.  Subsection 6d clarifies that the distributor must offer equivalent
 access to copy the source code ``in the same way through the same place.''
 This wording permits a distributor to offer a third party access to both
 object code and source code on a single network portal or web page, even
 though the access may include links to different physical servers.  For
 example, a downstream distributor may provide a link to an upstream
 distributor's server and arrange with the operator of that server to keep the
 source code available for copying for as long as the downstream distributor
 enables access to the object code.  This codifies what has been our
 interpretation of GPLv2.
 GPLv3~\S6(d) revises and improves GPLv2~\S3's final paragraph.  When object
 code is provided by offering access to copy the code from a designated place
 (such as by enabling electronic access to a network server), the distributor
 must merely offer equivalent access to copy the source code ``in the same way
 through the same place''.  This wording also permits a distributor to offer a
 third party access to both object code and source code on a single network
 portal or web page, even though the access may include links to different
 physical servers.  For example, a downstream distributor may provide a link
 to an upstream distributor's server and arrange with the operator of that
 server to keep the source code available for copying for as long as the
 downstream distributor enables access to the object code.  This codifies
 formally typical historical interpretation of GPLv2.
 % FIXME-LATER: perhaps in enforcement section, but maybe here, note about
 % ``slow down'' on source downloads being a compliance problem.
 % FIXME: where should this go?

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