superseded update packages should be preserved

Matthew Woehlke mw_triad at users.sourceforge.net
Wed Feb 11 23:42:38 UTC 2009


D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> I also wonder if there is some provision of the GPL that requires at
> least the source files of obsoleted updates to remain available.  The
> wording of the GPL isn't really clear on this matter, but here is a
> possibly suggestive extract from "COPYING" (GPL V2):

Well, in theory the source can (I would assume?) be recovered from cvs, 
so that's probably not a huge issue.

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