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Sure it is. Under the GPL you are not allowed to distribute a binary without also distributing the source and dependencies. But it is fine to distribute the sou

by jules 14y ago

Sure it is. Under the GPL you are not allowed to distribute a binary without also distributing the source and dependencies. But it is fine to distribute the source code without bundled dependencies.

koenigdavidmj 14y ago
The problem is that you also need to supply the dependencies that you used to build it (makefiles and such).
- jules 14y ago
  Certainly. I'm not saying it's a viable business model. As I mentioned elsewhere in this thread, one person could even buy the pre-built binaries and freely redistribute them. The GPL allows this. However the parent is still factually wrong.
- zem 14y ago
  not to people to whom he's not distributing a binary
  - georgemcbay 14y ago
    But once he distributes them to one person who gets the binary that person can distribute them freely to everyone else.
    - zem 14y ago
      and he's perfectly fine with that