On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:11:23AM +0900, zxq9 wrote:
> On 06/12/2012 03:49 AM, Yasha Karant wrote:
> >
> >Am I missing something here? I thought under the GPL as well as various
> >other open source licenses, TUV was required to make available the full
> >source from which the full non-encumbered distro could be built
>

That is correct.

For GPL-licensed code, anybody who receives TUV binary RPMs
is entitled to receive the corresponding SRPMs.

Since TUV is not giving us their binary RPMs, the GPL does not require that
they give us their SRPMs.

In other words, as general public, if you have a TUV Linux CD in your pocket,
the SRPMs should better be on it (and they are); if you do not have a TUV Linux CD,
TUV owes you nothing. (Of course rules change if you are a Linux developer, etc).

Code under other licenses is subject to other rules (RTFLs).

(On this list, are we really required to say "TUV" instead of "***censored***",
as if we were playing a 1984 double-speak live action game?)

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