Is this better for tomsrtbt?

[Karsten M. Self]

on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 08:34:51AM -0400, Tom Oehser (tom at toms.net) wrote:
> 
> > Did you provide a written offer, valid for at least three years, with
> > TRB?
> ...
> > While it may not be necessary to include the licenses on a floppy, I'd
> > argue hard that the licenses should be distributed with the archive from
> > which the boot floppy is created.
> ...
> It is in the add-ons subdirectory, but I probably should move it to the
> top level so that mirrors don't have any risk of missing it.  I think they
> are all in fact mirroring it, but I'll move it to the top level now.  If
> nothing else, your not seeing it means it needs to be more prominent.

The GPL must be distributed with the program it covers, not separately:

    1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
       source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
       conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an
       appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep
       intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the
       absence of any warranty; AND GIVE ANY OTHER RECIPIENTS OF THE
       PROGRAM A COPY OF THIS LICENSE ALONG WITH THE PROGRAM.

GNU GPL, v2.  Emphasis added.

Note that distribution under sections 2 and 3, covering derivative works
and binary / object code  distribution, require satisfying requirements
of section 1, in addition to any other conditions imposed.


The LGPL must be distributed with the program or library it covers, not
separately:

    1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Library's
       complete source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided
       that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an
       appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep
       intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the
       absence of any warranty; AND DISTRIBUTE A COPY OF THIS LICENSE
       ALONG WITH THE LIBRARY.

GNU LGPL, v2.1.  Emphasis added.

Note that other distribution options for the LGPL include the
requirements under section 1, or otherwise require inclusion of the LGPL
with the program, library, or derivative work.


The BSD must be distributed with the either sources or binaries it
covers, not seprately:

either sources or binaries it covers, not seprately:

    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

BSD license, undated, however I believe it's the revised form from
summer 1999.


> Actually, on examination, I notice that it is bzip2-compressed, too, which
> isn't helping to make it easy to click on...
> 
> Ok, I've make it more obvious and prominent, with a blatant link on the
> download.html page, to the written offer and the tomsrtbt license and some
> comments about tomsrtbt's source tree and the full GPL.  Take a look, just
> go to www.toms.net/rb and follow the download link then click the blatant
> link.

I don't believe that's sufficient.


I'd suggest the following changes:

  - Add the GPL, LGPL, and other necessary licenses for included
    components, to the tomsrtbt distribution tarball itself..  Testing
    here with bzip2, I get 51,200 bytes for BSD, GPL, and LGPL, tarred.
    That should be acceptable for a TRB distribution archive, no?

  - Include the offer for sources *with the tarball*.  

  - Make any other license-required changes as needed.  I don't know
    what licenses you're dealing with, so can't make specific
    recommendations.  Check terms for the packages you're dealing with,
    satisfy them, or find alternative sources if the terms don't suit
    your needs.

  - Package up the sources you've got, along with individual build
    support, and list it as a source tarball.  The advantage is that by
    distributing sources and binaries together, you're not hit by the
    "to any third party" clause of 3(b).  This saves on recordkeeping on
    your part.  Recommended.

  - Suggestions from anyone else?

IANAL.

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