Charging ($20) for GPL source?

[Omar Kaminski]

Please, let me reformulate this:

IMO you're *not* imposed to distribute the work licensed under the GPL.

But once you do, the binaries should be avaliable too, or toghether.

Best regards from Brazil,

Omar


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Omar Kaminski" <omar at kaminski.com>
To: <legal at lists.gpl-violations.org>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: Charging ($20) for GPL source?


> 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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