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Am Sonntag, den 29.04.2012, 18:33 +0200 schrieb Emanuel Rumpf:

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> 2012/4/29 hermann :

> >

> > This is the second time this guy distribute sticks wich binary s and he

> > claim that he didn't need to provide the source. That is, what he

> > understand under the GPL.

> >

>

> As I understood the GPL, he/she doesn't have to offer the source code

> to non-customers.

> ( GPL can be used commercially. )

>

> But in the FAQ they say :

> "

> If you commercially distribute binaries not accompanied with source

> code, the GPL says you must _ provide a written offer _ to distribute

> the source code later. When users non-commercially redistribute the

> binaries they received from you, they must pass along a copy of this

> written offer.

>

> This means that people who did not get the binaries directly from you

> can still receive copies of the source code, along with the written

> offer.

> "

>

> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html

> 

yes, that is how I understand it also, but he explizit say that he

wouldn't do that. He only distribute binarys, no source available, for

no-one ever. No " _ provide a written offer _ " ever :-(|)
Not for the included Applications, nor for the "OS" itself. 
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