OSI enforcement?

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Fri Jan 11 01:35:15 UTC 2008


Philippe Verdy wrote:
> Question:
> 	What does this “written offer valid for any third party” mean? Does
> that mean everyone in the world can get the source to any GPL'ed program no
> matter what?
> Reply:
> 	If you choose to provide source through a written offer, then
> anybody who requests the source from you is entitled to receive it.

But if you provide source up front, there is no such entitlement.

Matt Flaschen



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