Re: GPLv2 compliance for third-party Docker images.
Charles Plessy <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:08:49 +0900
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Le Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 10:43:42AM +0200, Francesco Poli a écrit : > > Note, however, that it is not enough to find some site that happens > to have the appropriate source code today, and tell people to look > there. Tomorrow that site may have deleted that source code, or > simply replaced it with a newer version of the same program. Then > you would no longer be complying with the GPL requirements. To make > a reasonable effort to comply, you need to make a positive > arrangement with the other site, and thus ensure that the source > will be available there for as long as you keep the binaries > available. > >[FAQ]: <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#SourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites> > > >Does this answer your question? Thanks Francesco for your answer, this leads me to another question: does we have at least a statement that can be recognised as a "positive arrangement" with third parties distributing Debian-based containers, or why is it not necessary? Have a nice day, Charles