Is 'purple' secret, too?

[Evan Schoenberg]

On Mar 22, 2007, at 9:58 AM, Ethan Blanton wrote:

> You haven't *released* anything which uses libpurple, have you?  If
> so, you are in clear violations of the terms of the GPL, unless you
> have made libpurple available.

I've been using mtn HEAD for all Libgaim.framework builds since the  
official switch to monotone.. so Adium 1.0.1 includes a build which  
is built from the-code-in-monotone-which-wasn't-yet-called-libpurple,  
as are Adium 1.0.2 betas 1 and 2.  Adium 1.0.2 beta 3, pushed earlier  
in the week, is using libpurple-as-such, since the s/gaim/purple had  
occurred.

I committed monotone HEAD, pre-purple-name-switch, to Adium's Libgaim  
repository with Adium 1.0.2b2.  That code was therefore immediately  
available.  I have not committed any changes since then as I didn't  
want to make the full purpliness public without discussing it here.

Not making the source available in a public repository is *not* a  
violation (clear or otherwise) of the terms of the GPL.   The GPL  
states:
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3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,  
under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of  
Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:


a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable  
source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1  
and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years,  
to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of  
physically performing source distribution, a complete machine- 
readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed  
under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily  
used for software interchange; or,

c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to  
distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed  
only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the  
program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in  
accord with Subsection b above.)
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The GPL itself is of course distributed with Adium.  The offer is  
made for a complete copy of the corresponding source code.  Failure  
to commit changes immediately such that the code isn't in a public  
repository does not mean I would deny a request for the libgaim source.

-Evan
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