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by ig1 4341 days ago
No, GPL only requires you to provide source-code to users on request. No general publication requirement.
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joncrocks 4340 days ago
I think you also have to provide details of the licence/licensed components alongside your distributed software, so that users know they can actually request the source-code.

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html - "And you must show them these terms so they know their rights"

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caw 4340 days ago
Most games have all of this info in the credits, and if you get a manual anymore, in there.
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TazeTSchnitzel 4340 days ago
Nintendo games all have manuals, they're just not physical. For example, if you put a 3DS Game Cart into a 3DS, there's a Manual button to bring up a nice HTML-style manual.
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fs111 4341 days ago
Yes, and those users are free to publish that code in any way they desire.
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