--===============0310770020== Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_5tNp/wJFsfkvdNg"; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Boundary-02=_5tNp/wJFsfkvdNg Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline What do other people think of this?=20 Additionally to the patch issues it should=20 If the=20 Am Samstag, 1. November 2003 08:24 schrieb Philip Brown: > I have noticed that you redistribute binaries of kde 3.1.3 for solaris, at > > ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.1.3/contrib/Solaris > > The binaries claim to be compiled with sun forte, which seems to be true. > However, kde 3.1.3 does not normally compile with sun forte. Therefore, > some additional modification to the source code had to have been required > to generate the binaries. > > I have emailed the contributor, > Stefan Teleman > steleman@nyc.rr.com > > asking him that he make the patches available to me. > He does not deny that that are patches neccessary. However, he claims that > the GPL puts him under no obligation to provide me with the patches. > > I have attempted to point out to him that this is not true. However, he h= as > threatened me with legal action if I contact him again. > > This leaves me only with the binaries that you are redistributing on his > behalf. According to the GPL, I believe you need to now do one of the > following: > > a) assert under that directory that no further patches are needed to > the standard KDE 3.1.3 distribution, to compile with sun forte. > [which I belive is not true] > > b) provide the patches required in that area > [the single file in the "PATCHES" directory does NOT cover this] > > c) Have some reference in that directory to point the user to a place > where the required patches may be acquired > > d) remove the binaries from your site, and associated mirror sites, > since without the patches, their distribution violates the GPL. --Boundary-02=_5tNp/wJFsfkvdNg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/pNt5yPp3mvWRmvgRAuPCAKDWESxDLrR+BSI1GU5h26+42JIJ1gCguceH f8fqbbyxmEDT3FXi6YcA13Y= =eH0r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_5tNp/wJFsfkvdNg-- --===============0310770020== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Kde-policies mailing list Kde-policies@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-policies --===============0310770020==--