Do download sites violate GNU GPL programs?

[David Woolley]

Oleksandr Gavenko wrote:

> 
>   http://avery-lee.software.informer.com/
>   http://fileroad.com/details/avery-lee-virtualdub/249
>   http://www.sixfiles.com/dbase/files/avery-lee-virtualdub.html
> 
As a technicality, many of these sorts of site, although I haven't 
checked these particular ones, are not download sites, but rather 
indexing sites that try and obscure the real site from which the 
download is made.

The other thing is that you have to download the package before you know 
if there is a violation, as the package may/should contain instructions 
on obtaining the source.

-- 
David Woolley
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