The problem here is that I may not have the resources to do this. I could
put the hypothetical repair disk image on my free ISP webspace, and let
people download it from there. However, the GPL then requires me to
include a written offer to supply the source to these people at or
below cost. One problem is how to include a written offer with a download,
of course; presumably a message to that effect on the WWW page would
suffice.
The big problem, though, is how am I supposed to supply the source? I
probably won't have enough space on my personal WWW site to fit all the
kernel source and the source to all the other utilities; even if I did,
ftp.*.kernel.org are much better places to go, so what's the point?
Legally, then, I would have to offer to mail the source on CDr or
something similar. Hopefully, this would just be a technicality and no-one
would take me up on the offer - but it's not a risk I want to take. I
don't want to become a mail order CD burning service running at a 0%
profit margin, and frankly there's no point in this requirement.
James.
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