GPL and dsitribution of source code

[Kalle Svensson]

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[Tomasz Wegrzanowski]
> > If a binary is distributed for a fee I am entitled to receive the 
> > sources according to GPL 3b at a minimum charge covering only the costs 
> > of the physical transfer.
> 
> Only if YOU got this binary, you are entitled to get the sources.
> The fact that someone distributes binary or sources to other people
> doesn't entitle you to anything.

Wrong.  Clause 3b from the GPL:

Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to
give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable
copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the
terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for
software interchange;

Somewhat related, the cool URI of the week:
http://www.gnu.org/cgi-bin/license-quiz.cgi

Question 6 deals with exactly this question.

Peace,
  Kalle
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Kalle Svensson, http://www.juckapan.org/~kalle/
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