Charging ($20) for GPL source?

[Sebastian Gottschall]

Omar Kaminski schrieb:
> 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.
thats true and another fact is that many companies who are offering such 
medias are not sending them finally or only if you really make hard 
troubles.
>
> 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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