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eschwartz · 09-17-2015, 08:39 PM

Bundling the source tree in the installer is GPLv3 § 6(a) -- when providing a physical medium.

As long as calibre's GitHub repo is available, you can direct people there, I believe.
But you are responsible for hosting it yourself in the event calibre becomes abandoned and is no longer available from GitHub or the official website.

"Hosting yourself" -- includes a fork on GitHub.

You can host the tarball yourself just in case GitHub goes out of business, which, while also pretty unlikely, would put you in a spot of bother.

Disclaimer: IANAL, but this is how I understand it.

09-17-2015, 08:39 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Bundling the source tree in the installer is GPLv3 § 6(a) -- when providing a physical medium. As long as calibre's GitHub repo is available, you can direct people there, I believe. But you are responsible for hosting it yourself in the event calibre becomes abandoned and is no longer available from GitHub or the official website. "Hosting yourself" -- includes a fork on GitHub. You can host the tarball yourself just in case GitHub goes out of business, which, while also pretty unlikely, would put you in a spot of bother. Disclaimer: IANAL, but this is how I understand it. Last edited by eschwartz; 09-17-2015 at 08:44 PM.