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by ptomato 6209 days ago
... No, not so much. They are abiding by at least the letter of the GPL, as long as they do send the code at some point. The GPL doesn't specify that they have to ship you the source code immediately, just that they have to ship you the source code.
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And now someone will have to do TCP/IP over smoke. Look what you've done.
I personally prefer to receive source code through smoke signals, it makes it feel much more important.
Thanks for contacting us, "the code's in the mail..."

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