[Ilugc] Question about GPL violations [closure]

Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon at thenilgiris.com
Wed Feb 13 13:41:06 IST 2008


On 13-Feb-08, at 1:31 PM, S.Ramaswamy wrote:

>> This is not a requirement of the GPL license. They only need to  
>> supply
>> source code to those they have provided binaries. Public  
>> distribution of
>> source code is never mandated by the license.
>>
>
> Correct. I think it's the act of distribution that makes the GPL  
> kick in.

if you distribute to even *one* person, anyone else is also entitled  
to ask for the source - not just that one person

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