Re: [Tuxmath-devel] Tuxmath Windows build

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Sgrìobh LM na leanas 02/06/2017 aig 13:44:
>> Common practice is to deliver an exe with the needed DLLs and progam
>> data, the license info and a link to the source code repository. You do
>> not need to include the source code itself as long as the link is there.
> 
> It depends on the license.  That approach is fine with some licenses.
> However, I've been researching the GPLv3 license which Tuxmath uses.
> The source is required in the same download location as the
> executable.  With GPLv2, it was okay to just make source available
> upon request.  I know of at least a few Open Source projects that
> originally just pointed to the source repositories in various
> locations across the Internet.  They ended up having to host the
> source as well in order to comply with the license.  BSD and MIT style
> licenses typically don't have these types of issues.

I didn't write anything about "providing on request" - I said add a
link. Won't a link to the source code repository on the download page
satisfy the requirement?

I don't think that the authors of the GPL intended making cross-platform
distribution that hard.