[License-discuss] Source code availability after end of life

[David Woolley]

On 02/08/18 08:09, Thorbjørn Vynne wrote:

> For an end-of-life commercial product that are using GPL based software, 
> can any one clarify if its a requirement to keep having making the 
> source available even though no more products are shipped or serviced.

Please explain what is not clear in the wording of the GPL.  In any 
case, if it is unclear, only your own lawyer can give you an opinion on 
which you can safely rely.

Also note that the GPL strongly hints that any commercial distributor 
should supply the source at the time they supply the binary; otherwise 
they enter into a commitment to supply the source to non-customers.