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From: Félicien PILLOT
Subject: www/licenses gpl-faq.html
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:26:38 -0400 (EDT)

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Félicien PILLOT <felandral>    19/08/22 12:26:37

Modified files:
        licenses       : gpl-faq.html 

Log message:
        RT#1425595: Update the GPL faq on fees for source code distribution

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/gpl-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.248&r2=1.249

Patches:
Index: gpl-faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/gpl-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.248
retrieving revision 1.249
diff -u -b -r1.248 -r1.249
--- gpl-faq.html        1 Aug 2019 08:35:47 -0000       1.248
+++ gpl-faq.html        22 Aug 2019 16:26:37 -0000      1.249
@@ -966,10 +966,13 @@
  >#DoesTheGPLAllowDownloadFee</a>)</span></dt>
 <dd><p>
 Yes.  You can charge any fee you wish for distributing a copy of the
-program.  If you distribute binaries by download, you must provide
-&ldquo;equivalent access&rdquo; to download the source&mdash;therefore, the
-fee to download source may not be greater than the fee to download the
-binary.</p></dd>
+program.  Under GPLv2, if you distribute binaries by download, you
+must provide &ldquo;equivalent access&rdquo; to download the
+source&mdash;therefore, the fee to download source may not be greater
+than the fee to download the binary.  If the binaries being
+distributed are licensed under the GPLv3, then you must offer
+equivalent access to the source code in the same way through the same
+place at no further charge.</p></dd>
 
 
 <dt id="DoesTheGPLAllowRequireFee">Does the GPL allow me to require
@@ -3963,7 +3966,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/08/01 08:35:47 $
+$Date: 2019/08/22 16:26:37 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>



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