> That leaves option "b", which requires them to give the code to any third party that requests it, That's very interesting wording that I wasn't aware of. It

> That leaves option "b", which requires them to give the code to any third party that requests it, That's very interesting wording that I wasn't aware of. It still seems to me like it is a reasonable interpretation that only the customer could request it (the "offer" is to the customer, the distribution is to the third party). So, having bought the car, I could say "Please send the source code to my friend Fred". However my understanding is that the long held general interpretation of the GPL has always been that you only get standing to request the source code if you actually received the GPL code yourself.