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Who knows the GPL well?

Subject: Who knows the GPL well?
From: gcmarx at gmail.com (Gordon Marx)
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:01:56 -0400
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On 11/10/05, Brendan <mailinglist at endosquid.com> wrote:
> Company does not want to give me the source code to their GPL product unless I
> buy it. Is this legal? I have already tried searching, and couldn't come up
> with anything concrete.

Not enough information.

As I understand it, if you can get your hands on a binary of the
software, they have to give you the source also. If the only way to
get the binary is to buy it, then they don't have to give you the
source. Which case is it?

Gordon
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Gordon Marx
gcmarx at gmail.com

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