Re: [Jmol-developers] what to include in distro of Jmol?

[Egon W. <eg...@us...>]

On Tuesday 30 August 2005 21:55, timothy driscoll wrote:
> On 8/30/05 (9:23 ) Egon Willighagen wrote:
> >I'm quite positive that pointing to Jmol-HEAD CVS is just fine.
>
> I trust you, Egon, to be sure.  :-)  and I don't mean to beat a dead horse.
>  but section 6 of the Jmol licence says, in part:

You left out the sentence just before that:

"Also, you must do one of these things:"

Note the 'one of'.

So, with respect to my previous message, that would be choice 'c'.
Or, if you make a local copy of CVS, choice 'd'.

> "
> a) Accompany the work with the complete corresponding
> machine-readable source code for the Library including whatever
> changes were used in the work (which must be distributed under
> Sections 1 and 2 above); and, if the work is an executable linked
> with the Library, with the complete machine-readable "work that
> uses the Library", as object code and/or source code, so that the
> user can modify the Library and then relink to produce a modified
> executable containing the modified Library.  [...]
>
> b) Use a suitable shared library mechanism for linking with the
> Library.  [...]
>
> c) Accompany the work with a written offer, valid for at
> least three years, to give the same user the materials
> specified in Subsection 6a, above, for a charge no more
> than the cost of performing this distribution.
>
> d) If distribution of the work is made by offering access to copy
> from a designated place, offer equivalent access to copy the above
> specified materials from the same place.
>
> e) Verify that the user has already received a copy of these
> materials or that you have already sent this user a copy.
> "
>
>
> part a) seems pretty clear to me: distribute the source code with the work.
>  I think you are saying I can just provide a link to the CVS version.  what
> am I missing here?

That it is you can pick 'one of these things'.

Think of all those binary distributions. For example, Debian. You normally 
donwload the binary install disk, but you can also download a CD with all 
source packages.

And you don't even have to put them online for anyone to download. Per section 
'c', you only have of to offer access to the source code for those who *buy* 
some GPL software product. Though those buyers will have the right too to 
distribute it, and might choose it to do that for free, undermining your 
product selling position.

Egon

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