Charging ($20) for GPL source?

Sebastian Gottschall s.gottschall at newmedia-net.de
Sat Dec 16 00:07:40 CET 2006


it is okay of the 20$ are only in charge of the cd media and shipment costs.
the gpl requires just a written offer for the gpl sourcecodes which can 
also be as media shipment. it must not a download offer

Omar Kaminski schrieb:
> IMO you're imposed to distribute the work licensed under the GPL.
>
> But once you do, the binaries must be distributed together.
>
> OK
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "MI" <mi.lists at 2006.alma.ch>
> To: <legal at lists.gpl-violations.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 6:21 AM
> Subject: Charging ($20) for GPL source?
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Synology distributes it's firmware through downloads from it's 
>> website (see http://synology.com/enu/support/download.php)
>>
>> But the GPL source cannot be downloaded. It can only be ordered on CD 
>> for a fee of $20. (see http://synology.com/enu/gpl/index.php).
>>
>> Is that OK, by the GPL? As I understood it, if the binary is offered 
>> for download, the source should be as well.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> MI
>>
>>
>
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