xfdesktop2 or xfdesktop-acer source

[David Mohr]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Pascal Gervais <pggervais at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> De : Grant Williamson <traxtopel at gmail.com>
>
>> À : XFCE general discussion list <xfce at xfce.org>
>> Envoyé le : jeudi 12 février 2009, 08 h 40 min 18 s
>> Objet : Re: Re : xfdesktop2 or xfdesktop-acer source
>>
>> Pascal,
>> a srpm should in this case contain source and any modifications, the
>> xfdestop-acer srpm does not, it contains a precompiled binary and no
>> source code. Not very useful.
>>
>
> You're right.
>
> I just downloaded "xfdesktop-acer-lp-1526.no_spot.mcs_patched.src.rpm" and it does not contain any source code. But I wonder if there is a GPL violation if they provide the source code upon request.

The question is, do they? I know someone on this list who has tried
for months, and I myself have made one (weak) attempt with no success.

~David