Questions tagged [distribution]

For questions concerning the distribution of an object, package or notice to the developer or public community.

Creating an open source item is half the battle. The next step is getting it to your users and consumers.

Distribution in the sense of open source refers to the process of sharing an item amongst many people, groups, or organizations.

Typical questions under this tag might cover source vs binary packaging, notification of updates, how and where to post images, and so on .

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How to handle breaking change due to company change of name?

I maintain on behalf on my company a few Java libraries, with a small yet non-null userbase. The powers that be have decided to change the name of the company, and while the plan is to hold onto the domain name for the foreseeable future, the…
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Location of Open Source Documents for CX20 Drone

I am not sure if this is one of the purposes of this site, if not, please remove/move to the correct site. I recently bought a CX20 drone that was said to be open source. I have not been able to find the CAD files or software anywhere. Is there a…
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Does every distributor of unchanged opensource software become a licensor?

I would answer the question with yes. Because: First licensor A gives B software under opensource license. A wants to have anything to do with it anymore and is not permitted to revoke. B distributes and continues licensing. GPL v2 states that…
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Where are project man page contents maintained?

I've found errors in multiple sets of man pages for open source packages. I want to submit patches but I can't find the source for them, only the code. Are they maintained with the project? Is this project specific? For example, where is the…
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Software as both product and service?

Can someone give an example of software that is distributed as both service and product and how to classify, if i have to eventually, under one category?
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Where is the safe place to download Firefox?

I would like to use an open source web browser, but I see lots of different places offering a download of Firefox. How do I tell which one is the correct place to download from?