Re: [h-e-w] Problem with fresh emacsw32 install

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:21:12 +0100
> > From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden>
> > CC:  address@hidden
> >
> > That part of my site is not very userfriendly. I do not expect anyone to 
> > download the sources
>
> That is a wrong assumption: the GPL _requires_ that the sources be
> readily available.


What is a wrong assumption? My only assumption is that people will 
probably not download these sources from my site.


> So please add some text to the pages where you
> advertise the additional programs that gives a link to the sources.


It is quite reasonable to do that, but as far as I can see it is not 
required. I think the most userfriendly way to handle this is a special 
page saying where the sources are. I will do that when I find time.

IMHO it is a weakness in the GPL not requiring this. (If I am wrong then 
please point me to the exact part of the GPL that requires this.)

BTW there is a much, much bigger defiency in the GPL in that it does not 
require that working instructions for compiling the sources should 
distributed with the sources (or at least a link to such instructions). 
The sources we are talking about here are quite hard to compile. Does 
not this threaten the intent of the GPL?