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Nope, as soon as you publish your app publically, you are forced to give the whole source code of that version of the app to anyone who downloaded the binary.
by freetard 17y ago
Nope, as soon as you publish your app publically, you are forced to give the whole source code of that version of the app to anyone who downloaded the binary.
- jmillikin 17y agoThis is not correct; please stop upvoting mindless talking points. Nothing in the GPL or in copyright law compels infringers to divulge their source code.
- eli 17y agoHuh? You mean other than the fact that if they don't they're violating their agreement with the copyright holder of the GPL'd code?
- jmillikin 17y agoThey're violating the license, which means they no longer have the right to distribute the GPL'd code. In some cases, they may have to pay damages. However, in the US (laws may be different where you live), the violator can't be forced to divulge their source code; the author of the GPL'd code has no right to it. An analogy might help; say I distribute CDs, with 6 songs I wrote and 6 songs by the Beatles, without a license. A judge can place an injunction to stop me. The copyright owner might seek damages. The judge might put me in jail/prison, if I continue infringement or don't pay. But they can't force me to give up the copyright on my songs, merely because they're distributed together.
- freetard 17y agoYou're wrong, by using the GPL you agree to abide by it and this means giving the source in case of redistribution of the binary, plane and simple. Many companies have been sued and forced to give the source, look it up.