Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Sources

[Bryan Baldwin]

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On 10/14/2010 10:17 PM, Henry Jensen wrote:
> Speaking of - what did it actually mean "that the sources are readily 
> available"?
> 
> Did it mean that a project must actually host the sources of all contents of 
> the distro (including sources of Linux, GNU, Xorg, GNOME, KDE, etc.)? This 
> would mean a considerable amount of resources must be spent for that,  which 
> could be a problem for small projects.
> 
> Or would it be enough for the project to host just their own sources plus
> a building mechanism which fetch the sources from their primary locations (e. 
> g. from 
> ftp.gnu.org for GNU)? That's what many distros with a ports-like system do 
> (like Parabola and ConnochaetOS). 
> 
> I know little about how other free distros handle this situation. Gnewsense 
> and Trisquel as Debian based distros have the sources in their repository and 
> I think BLAG offers source-RPMs.
> But I wasn't, for example, able to locate sources from dyne:bolic and Dragora 
> (I didn't search very hard, though).

Sources must only be provided in cases where the software is actually
distributed by the provider. For example, if you provide a binary
package, the source from which that package was made should be made
available.

In the case of my project, GLFSC, the only software provided is the
software to its own tools. The user is expected to provide themselves
with the source code required, whether they download it on their own or
with the accompanying toolset.

        Bryan
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