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In article <1992May11.050005.2488@algor2.algorists.com> jeffrey@algor2.algorists.com (Jeffrey Kegler) writes:

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   From: jeffrey@algor2.algorists.com (Jeffrey Kegler)
   Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
   Subject: Binary Only Archives Considered Helpful
   Message-ID: <1992May11.050005.2488@algor2.algorists.com>
   Date: 11 May 92 05:00:05 GMT
   Reply-To: jeffrey@algor2.algorists.com (Jeffrey Kegler)
   Organization: Algorists, Inc.
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   > RMS: 
   > I've heard that there are ftp sites distributing executables of
   > versions of GCC, without full sources on line side by side with them.
   > This isn't allowed under the GPL, and for good reason: ensuring users
   > have easy access to the source code is one of the main aims of GNU.
   > This is not a matter of deliberate wrongdoing; the source code for
   > these versions is free and is circulating.
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Unless I have missed something in reading COPYING, isn't it enough to
have, in the the directory with the binaries, a file explaining where to
get the sources?  Clause 3 alternatives b and c seem to allow for
distributing binaries without providing the sources simultaneously or
instantly -- I don't see anything to support the "full sources on line
side by side" in the quote above.

[Apologies if I missed some context that made it clear why the obvious
reading of the GPL doesn't apply.]

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