TZUTC: -0600   
   MSGID: 1046.fido_linux@1:123/115 245dcb29   
   REPLY: 2:240/77 5ff752e3   
   PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/b3b4d332a Jan  2 2021 GCC 5.5.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/b3b4d332a Jan  2 2021 GCC 5.5.0   
   COLS: 80   
   BBSID: PALANT   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   NOTE: Synchronet msgeditor $Revision: 1.175 $   
     Re: *nix Licenses   
     By: Kai Richter to Richard Falken on Thu Jan 07 2021 07:28 pm   
      
    > We both may agree that i would download it from a repo server somewhere on t   
    > web but i don't have to. Let's say i'm on a limited cellphone bandwith and   
    > claim this part of the GPL:   
    >    
    > "For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether   
    > gratis or for a fee, you must pass on to the recipients the same   
    > freedoms that you received.   
    > *You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code*."   
    >    
    > So if i tell you it does not work, then it is still your responsibility to f   
    > a way that will work for me.   
    >    
    > Regards   
    >    
    > Kai   
      
   Agreed, but I don't think it is a big deal still.   
      
   I mean, you don't even need to have the source code publicly available. If one   
   of your customers wants it enough to phone you in for it, you just send him a   
   copy somehow. The only thing you need to do is to have the source code   
   provisioned in your own facilities if you don't trust upstream to keep   
   repositories available undefinitedly.   
      
   Relatedly, this is one of the reasons why I like Slackware. The source code   
   comes with the DVD.   
      
   Just in case I made it not clear, what I meant is that it is not a big deal in   
   the sense that it does not affect your business model much. If you sell   
   hardware appliances then having to opensource the software you are running is   
   unlikely to make you sell less machines, in a significative number at least.   
      
   --   
   gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken   
   --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux   
    * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (1:123/115)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 18/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 116/116 120/340 123/0   
   SEEN-BY: 123/10 25 35 40 50 115 131 150 160 170 180 190 755 124/5016   
   SEEN-BY: 135/300 153/7001 7715 154/10 30 40 50 700 203/0 220/80 221/0   
   SEEN-BY: 221/6 226/30 227/114 201 702 229/101 310 424 426 452 550   
   SEEN-BY: 229/616 664 1016 1017 240/77 5138 5411 5824 5832 5853 249/206   
   SEEN-BY: 249/317 400 261/38 280/464 5003 288/100 292/854 8125 299/6   
   SEEN-BY: 310/31 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 633/280   
   SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 2432/390 2452/250 2454/119 3634/0 12 15 27   
   SEEN-BY: 3634/30 50 119 5020/545   
   PATH: 123/115 3634/12 154/10 280/464 240/5832 229/426