That was one of the many things the GPLv3 set out to fix, and did; clause 6b allows shipping products to point at a server with the source code rather than a "durable physical medium", and 6d allows downloads of binaries to point at downloads of source code.
You've made your opinions on GPLv3 abundantly clear (though I suspect they've been tainted heavily by your unpleasant experiences with Bruce Perens), but GPLv3 specifically set out to update GPLv2 for the numerous issues that simply didn't exist at the time GPLv2 came out.
Out of curiosity, would you consider elaborating a bit on your specific objections to the GPLv3? I've seen numerous comments from you complaining about the GPLv3, but I've never actually seen an explanation of what you don't like about it.
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Re: From the Sony engineer mentioned...
Date: 2012-02-01 12:55 am (UTC)You've made your opinions on GPLv3 abundantly clear (though I suspect they've been tainted heavily by your unpleasant experiences with Bruce Perens), but GPLv3 specifically set out to update GPLv2 for the numerous issues that simply didn't exist at the time GPLv2 came out.
Out of curiosity, would you consider elaborating a bit on your specific objections to the GPLv3? I've seen numerous comments from you complaining about the GPLv3, but I've never actually seen an explanation of what you don't like about it.