www/licenses/old-licenses gpl-2.0-faq.html

[Brett Smith]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Brett Smith <brett>     09/01/09 22:03:02

Modified files:
        licenses/old-licenses: gpl-2.0-faq.html 

Log message:
        Clarify source requirements when distributing object code over anon FTP.
        
        Some people were misconstruing this answer to mean that providing
        source alongside the object code is the *only* option for providing
        source, which is not correct.  The new wording is much more explicit
        on this point.
        
        Approved by RMS and aaronw.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.4&r2=1.5

Patches:
Index: gpl-2.0-faq.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -b -r1.4 -r1.5
--- gpl-2.0-faq.html    2 Sep 2008 15:01:55 -0000       1.4
+++ gpl-2.0-faq.html    9 Jan 2009 22:02:59 -0000       1.5
@@ -1904,14 +1904,16 @@
   anonymous FTP, but send sources only to people who order them.</a></b></dt>
 
 <dd>
-If you want to distribute binaries by anonymous FTP, you have to
-distribute sources along with them.  This should not be hard.  If you
-can find a site to distribute your program, you can surely find one
-that has room for the sources.
-<p>
-The sources you provide must correspond exactly to the binaries.  In
-particular, you must make sure they are for the same version of the
-program&mdash;not an older version and not a newer version.</p>
+<p>If you want to distribute binaries by anonymous FTP, you still have
+to provide source through one of the options listed in section 3.
+This should not be hard.  You can provide a written offer for source
+if you want; section 3(b) allows this.  But if you can find a site to
+distribute your program, you can surely find one that has room for the
+sources.
+</p><p>No matter how you distribute the source, the sources you
+provide must correspond exactly to the binaries.  In particular, you
+must make sure they are for the same version of the program&mdash;not
+an older version and not a newer version.</p>
 <p>
 You can make the sources and binaries available on different machines,
 provided they are equally easy to get to, and provided that you have
@@ -2511,7 +2513,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/09/02 15:01:55 $
+$Date: 2009/01/09 22:02:59 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>