GnuPG distribution - Windows

Samuel }slund samuel@update.uu.se
Wed Oct 10 14:29:01 2001


On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Thomas Bader wrote:


> * Samuel }slund <samuel@update.uu.se> [011010 13:30]:
> > I am going to distribute GnuPG with a program I make for windows.
> > Now to avoid having to organize source distribution I will include the
> > GnuPG source on the disk with my program.
> > Is the 'gnupg-1.0.6.tar.gz' all that is needed to fulfill the Licence
> > requirement?
>
> Yes, it's possible to do so.
OK, good.
> But you don't have to distribute any source code at all.
> You only must make sure, that your users get access to the
> source code for free (or, only at cost of sales).
>
> Pointing them to ftp.gnupg.org (if you use an unmodified
> version of gpg) is enough, to fulfill the license.
Section 3 of the GPL seems to contradict this. Subsection c is only valid if you do not distribute things comercially. //Samuel