[cc-community] [cc-licenses] Most important feature: GPL-compatibility

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Sat Jan 28 17:43:36 EST 2012


On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 5:23 PM, drew Roberts <zotz at 100jamz.com> wrote:
> "Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give
> any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing
> source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding
> source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a
> medium customarily used for software interchange; or, "
>
> Hire someone at a reasonable per hour cost and let them make the copy. Send it
> in the mail. The person wanting the source would have to pay for the media,
> time, shipping. If they are unwilling, to pay, they don't get the copy.
>
> Would that work?

I don't think the per hour cost to make the copy counts as a cost "of
physically performing source distribution".  Shipping, yes.  Media,
probably.  But making the copy is not a "distribution" cost.


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