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On 05 Oct 2003 14:38:40 -0600, Bill Anderson wrote:
However, as was stated this has gotten way OT, so any further question should be addressed privately.
Why should I? You have completely misunderstood my message, obviously.
And as three FAQ states, the "any third party" is a third party who has received the binaries, not just Joe on the Street.
Well... What if your wife (or anyone she distributed the binaries to) gave your written offer to someone else, without the binaries? :-) Wouldn't such a person still be entitled to get the sources? Or how would you tell whether s/he actually got the binaries?
What if she gave away the complete product as received (not including source, but including the written offer) and the CDs, which contain the binaries, were not readable? ;)
Read the above.
How about you? Did you read my comment? Did you notice the smiley at the end?
The full product *is* the binaries. If she distributes it by giving it to someone she, under the GPL, is *required* to pass on the offer for source.
The is what she does in my example.
If she doesn't pass along the offer, she violates the GPL.
But in my example she does.
We are assuming she does not do so,
She does, in my example. Same for Alexandre's example.
since once someone starts doing that the comparison/question is fundamentally different. However, you are getting away from the point, very much so in fact. See below.
The thing is passed on to another 3rd party. Whether complete or not, doesn't matter.
No, the question is does someone who did *not* get the distribution have rights to the source?
*Bzzzz* Loop. The somewhat rhetoric reply to that was, is anyone who receives only the written offer entitled to received the sources?
The answer is plainly no according to the GPL and the FAQ. In the scenario described, you do not have anything.
Wrong. In Alexandre's example I have only the written offer. In my own example I have unreadable/unusable binaries and the written offer.
- -- Michael, who doesn't reply to top posts and complete quotes anymore.