Re: Copy to a CD and distribute to students

[Ronald Landheer-Cieslak <ronald at landheer dot com>]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Andrew Markebo wrote:
> / Ronald Landheer-Cieslak <ronald at landheer dot com> wrote:
> | On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, nuno Cerqueira wrote:
> |> I would like to ask if there is any problem making the download of
> |> Cygwin packages to a CD and then distribute to students.
> | No, as long as you include the sources as required by GPL.
> The source isn't needed to be provided until asked for, so it doesn't
> need to be included on the cd's, as long as he can hand it out if the
> students asks. 
And keeps it around for three years..

The GPL doesn't require you to give the source, I stand corrected, you are 
right.

The GPL *does* require you to be able to give them for a period of three 
years if you don't give them directly - which I think may not be all that 
practical for the original poster.

> And here.. it is not enough to be able to point the students to the
> cygwin web, you need to have it on your own CD/HD/paper.. whatever.
In deed, so you might as well put it on the same CD and save yourself the 
trouble of having a master source CD around for three years.

rlc



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