Flush end of lifed binaries from master mirror

Stephen John Smoogen smooge at gmail.com
Fri Jan 18 02:33:53 UTC 2008


On Jan 15, 2008 1:44 PM, Matt Domsch <matt at domsch.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 01:30:55PM -0700, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> > Well as long as the archives don't flush the data because it got
> > flushed from master mirror :). The other issue is how long does the
> > source code need to be available from the primary source for GNU GPL
> > or other licenses requirements? Both of these are probably moot
> > questions... but I will play mr ignoramus.
>
> We distribute GPLv2 code under paragraph 3a, source posted concurrent
> with binaries.  Therefore we can remove both concurrently, or just
> remove the binaries (Jesse's proposal) at will.
>
> We can be nice and leave the source there for longer than the binaries
> if we wish.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt

Thanks. I get confused with 3a and 3b since I remember mostly serving
data via physical media versus just downloads.

-- 
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"




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