[wellylug] Linux as selling point.

[David Murray]

On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 09:31, Martin Bähr wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 08:46:15AM +1200, Simon Antliff wrote:
> > Isn't it enough to provide a reference to the source's location, not
> > the source itself? So iRiver could just say, source available at
> > kernel.org?
> 
> no.
> if they give you the binaries, then they need to have the source
> available for the next 3 years.
> 
> the only way to get around the 3 year rule is to ship the source with
> the device (eg on a cd)

I thought that this was the case only if they were shipping a modified
version.

Why is it not sufficient simply to point people to the location where
they themselves picked up the source?



David Murray