Charging ($20) for GPL source?

[Omar Kaminski]

Ok, I agree. But it is a difficult for any who lives in another country, for 
example.

So it's almost simililar to not making the source-code avaliable.

OK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sebastian Gottschall" <s.gottschall at newmedia-net.de>
To: "Omar Kaminski" <omar at kaminski.com>
Cc: <legal at lists.gpl-violations.org>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: Charging ($20) for GPL source?


> 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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