Re: [Opencd-devel] Source

[Toby I. <to...@go...>]

On Mon, 6 May 2002 00:17:46 -0500 (CDT)
Paul Snow <ps...@ni...> wrote:

PS> I believe we should do Option 3, or at least Option 2 in making source
PS> available for the programs that we distribute on the CD. I am not
PS> referring to the latest version of the source, but the source for
PS> the application that we distribute.

I think the best plan is this.

 * On the CD, mention that the source is available from our website.
   Explain what the source is, why people might want it and why they
   might not.

 * From our website, link to the source tarballs on the projects' 
   websites -- we don't host the source ourselves.

 * Keep backups of the source to the versions on the disc. Just keep
   these backups on our own computers. If some project disappears or
   removes the old versions of their software from their site, we can
   pop up with the source code.

Note, we only have to hold on to the source code for 3 years after the release of each CD.

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