Re: Boot CD and terms of use
- From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:47:06 -0400
Option a requires the source and binary to be distributed on the same
medium.
Yes, sorry I erased the right option (b) and kept the wrong one (a).
Now, *if* the Internet is considered a "medium customarily used for software
interchange", a URL that was live for at least 3 years after the date the
binaries were distributed could be part of "a written offer [...] to give
any third party [...] a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding
source code". That URL could NOT be protected behind a EULA, TOS, mandatory
registration, or selective-authentication system (it must be accessible to
"ANY third party").
Actually, the URL doesn't have to live 3 years. But you should be able
for the next 3 years to provide an appropriate URL (which could change
daily if you want). Also it may be behind a selective-authentication
system, as long as anybody who has the a copy of the written offer can
get the necessary authentication.
Those nitpicks can make a significant difference if your customers are
unlikely to pass on the written offer to others, in which case even tho,
in theory, the source code could be available to anybody, it may end up
staying somewhat "secret".
Stefan
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