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	benny1967	2010-10-22 , 20:13
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Originally Posted by Matan

You are mistaken here.

There is no problem with extras - the source is available for download together with the binaries. The extras repository has a source directory and the source for every package (in the free section) is downloadable. Ovi does not have a source repository, and its packages do not include the source, so the only way it can comply with the GPL is by providing a written offer, which as you noted, they do not.

oh come on. assuming fabien gives you the source for his application, too, we have the source packages in extras and fabiens source. no difference there.

source packages don't appear magically; they're not shown in the application manager. you have to know that they're there and search for them. (extras has a non-free section, too. not everything you download from extras needs to be free software.)
a respective notice in the about-box is helpful. fabien at least gives users a hint... those who know what the gpl is and what it means. other applications lack such information. so how are they better?

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