Re:Expanding Fuchsia's open source model
by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @06:57PM
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Yes, if you exercise the seond option, the offer would be open to any 3rd party (i.e. it's a public server / URL).
But you only have to give the offer to whomever you give the object/executable to. So you tell them "you can get the source from foo://bar.baz/phaf" ... this just has to be a publically accessible address with no additional authentication or authorization. You are not required to announce this in any way other than in the written offer which accompanies the object/executable.
So, although in theory any third party has access to the source code, you are not being required to put it in a publically visible location, merely a publically accessible one.
[EDIT: I was saying that GPLv3 also does not have transitivity,so we agree about that ]
[EDIT: I admit that I am misleading in my final sentence ... yes, any third party has the right to access the source code, but you are not required to notify "any third party" of this fact, only those you gave the object/executable to. ]
But you only have to give the offer to whomever you give the object/executable to. So you tell them "you can get the source from foo://bar.baz/phaf" ... this just has to be a publically accessible address with no additional authentication or authorization. You are not required to announce this in any way other than in the written offer which accompanies the object/executable.
So, although in theory any third party has access to the source code, you are not being required to put it in a publically visible location, merely a publically accessible one.
[EDIT: I was saying that GPLv3 also does not have transitivity,so we agree about that ]
[EDIT: I admit that I am misleading in my final sentence ... yes, any third party has the right to access the source code, but you are not required to notify "any third party" of this fact, only those you gave the object/executable to. ]