Re: Octave on Android

[Mike Miller]

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 13:21:55 -0400, John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 05/19/2014 12:26 PM, jcordeiro wrote:
>>
>> Dear Corbin Champion.
>>
>> I have my doubts if you can legally call what you are doing as any form of
>> distribution, and then charge for it.
>>
> [...snip unrelated...]
>
> There is nothing wrong with distributing binaries to only those people who
> pay for them.  The GPLv3 requires some form of source distribution if you
> distribute binaries, but it doesn't require that you distribute binaries
> free of charge.  Are the requirements of the GPL regarding source
> distribution being met in the case of the android distribution of Octave?

I don't think there is any violation, just a troll resurrecting a
six-month old thread. Based on how forthcoming and helpful Corbin has
been in the past, if there are any missing source files that anyone
needs, I am confident he will supply them.

If I remember, the complete source consists of his git repo for
building the Android packages [1] plus the Debian source packages that
are used to build Debian armel binaries for Octave packages (for
example [2], [3]). I do not know if there is a requirement that he
explicitly provide links to exact sources that were used to build a
given package, or if he has to host the complete source himself rather
than point to an external host, but anything minor like that can be
resolved.

  [1] https://github.com/corbinlc/octave4android/tree/b3bb7f6
  [2] http://sources.debian.net/src/octave
  [3] http://sources.debian.net/src/octave-control

-- 
mike