[lug] Is Mandrake free download still available?

[Jeffrey Siegal]

"qqq1one @yahoo.com" wrote:
> It seems that mandrake-linux.com now makes you register and pay a
> monthly fee for access to mandrake-linux downloads.  There doesn't seem
> to be a way to download anything (including GPL source code) from them
> without paying.  Aren't they violating the GPL by doing this?

No.  The GPL only requires that you provide source code to people to
whom you provide binaries.  As long as they don't charge anything extra
for access to source beyond what they charge for access to binaries,
they're within the GPL.