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by andyzweb 2129 days ago
I believe the offer is for anyone you’ve distributed the program to. So if it was Bill who shared a copy of the program with the random teenager it would fall upon Bill to provide him with the source and not you.
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tialaramex 2129 days ago
Nope. The GPL expressly says "to give any third party". It's done this way on purpose.
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andyzweb 2129 days ago
my mistake. thank you for the correction.
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teddyh 2129 days ago
The offer only has to be given to Bill, but the offer must be valid for anyone, including anyone Bill passes it on to.
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