From a5079818d48715fe4aef512f930be756071cb4be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:11:44 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Rewrite description of GPLv3~\S6(d). --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 9e66e01..b9c5bb2 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -2837,21 +2837,21 @@ code received from an upstream distributor. %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. +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. -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. +% 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?