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by a1o 900 days ago
The binary ones, not the source
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wongarsu 900 days ago
If they sent binary CDs, the GPL forces them to also send you source CDs on request.
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Symbiote 900 days ago
That is probably the best reason these CDs were made — legal requirement.

That requirement was removed in GPL version 3, where you could distribute binaries however you like and direct people to an HTTP/FTP site for the source. GPL 2 requires the same distribution method to be used.

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dizhn 900 days ago
That's true. I must have misunderstood.
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