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No, and it doesn't even have to be provided for free as long as the price is reasonable with regard to the delivery costs. The GPL was made when mailing disks w
by GuB-42 2mo ago
No, and it doesn't even have to be provided for free as long as the price is reasonable with regard to the delivery costs. The GPL was made when mailing disks was a common way of delivering software and it is still a valid way to do it.
But the most important part is that once you have that source code, no one can stop you from redistributing it in a cheaper and more convenient way. It means that in theory, only a single person has to request the files, that person can then publish them in a public repository.
- ValdikSS 2mo ago>But the most important part is that once you have that source code, no one can stop you from redistributing it in a cheaper and more convenient way Or vice-versa: you're free to sell publicly available free stuff. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
- TheCoelacanth 2mo agoThe GPL requires use of a medium customarily used for software interchange; not a medium that used to be customarily used for software interchange. It's not customary to mail software on disks anymore so it doesn't fulfill the GPL anymore.
- pjmlp 2mo agoI guess a lawyer can easily challenge that point of view, when the license doesn't explicitly specify how.