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Make the source available to the purchaser, not necessarily public I think, right?
by dwrowe 15y ago
Make the source available to the purchaser, not necessarily public I think, right?
- kenneth_reitz 15y agoCorrect, unless someone asks for it, I believe.
- pessimizer 15y agoI think to anyone who requests it, within a reasonable period of time, for at most a reasonable fee to cover your expenses for sending it to them IIRC.
- chousuke 15y agoIANAL, but my understanding is that anyone who obtains a GPL'd binary is entitled to receive the source as well, from the source that provided them with the binary. If you are careful with who you distribute the binary to, you could in theory keep the source sort of "secret", though I don't think it's a good general approach to GPL software.
- mkup 15y agoAnd after receiving that "secret" source the customer can just upload it to its website and give away to the world for free.
- mjg59 15y agoFor GPLv2, it depends. If you distribute the source with the binary, you don't need to give the source to third parties. If you provide a written offer for the source, that offer must be good for all third parties whether they've received the binaries or not.