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The first step is to understand the terms under which you offered your code. Unless you have purchased the software from them and requested the code and they fa
by dangrossman 15y ago
The first step is to understand the terms under which you offered your code. Unless you have purchased the software from them and requested the code and they failed to make it available to you, or they have publicly made available their software and you've requested the code and they failed to make it available to you, and you've given them reasonable time to reply to these requests, there's no evidence of breach of the license yet.
- ctrager 15y agoRight, I understand that. At this point, they haven't responded to me at all.
- dangrossman 15y agoIf they're selling the product, then they only have to provide the code to the customers. I could be totally off, but that's my understanding of the GPL -- it creates an obligation to share the code with whoever you distribute it to, not to everyone. In that case, they have no obligation to ever respond to you unless you paid for a copy from them.
- rmc 15y agoYes, you only need to provide source code to GPLed programmes to people you have given the software to. If the company has the software available for public download, then if you download the software from their website, then you are entitled to the code.