Re: Fwd: Re: [Opencd-devel] Source

[Henrik N. O. <h....@bt...>]

On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 21:16, Toby Inkster wrote:
> On 05 May 2002 19:47:13 +0100
> Henrik Nilsen Omma <h....@bt...> wrote:
> 
> HNO> > ISO (binaries): 200MB
> HNO> > ISO (binaries + source): 500MB
> HNO> > Chances of average Windows user wanting the source: 2000-to-1.
> HNO> 
> HNO> I agree. Once more OSS is ported to win32 then there certainly wont
> HNO> be space.  Let's just set it up as 2 CDs from the start. 
> 
> Re-reading, I didn't make my point very clearly.
> 
> What I meant was that including the source would more than double the size of the CD, so it's probably a bad idea to include it at all. Far better to link to the source from our website.

Ok, I think we're nearing agreement on this point.  

We seem to agree that the source should _not_ be on the main CD for
several good reasons.  The remaining disagrement is a minor one.  I see
3 options:

1)  We simply link places where the source can be obtained, from the CD
and from our web page

2)  We store the source at our own web site in individual zip files, one
for each app, and link to these.

3)  We can do 1., 2. and make an ISO with these source files, so that
people can burn it and distribute it easily.

All of these meet the Licence requirements (I think), but if we chose
only #1, we might be seen as not pulling our weight, by telling people
to use the bandwith of the devel teams to get the source.

- Henrik

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