GPLv2 compliance for third-party Docker images.
Charles Plessy <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:09:03 +0900
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal |
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Hello everybody, we redistribute GPLv2 software and comply with it by providing source packages together with the binary ones. This is why we do not have to give a written offer to provide the source for 3 years. (Please correct me if I am wrong). For my understanding, can somebody explain me how third parties building and redistributing Docker containers including GPLv2 software comply with the license when they do not give a written offer to provide the sources for 3 years? In my understanding, the GPLv3 solves that problem with its clause 6d, which is why I am asking for the GPLv2 only… Have a nice week-end, Charles