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Re:Open source projects should run office hours by capableweb on Friday March 05, 2021 @06:38AM (#26355711)
There are a few MUSTs if using GPL, yes (btw, GPL is considered a "free" license, not a "open source" one), but providing a repository is not one of them. Although you do need to provide the source (in any means you want, as long as it's accessible, making a repository is one of the ways, bundling a zip file would be another).

Short version of your obligations if using GPL as a license: https://tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-general-public-license-v3-...

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Re:Open source projects should run office hours by bachmeier on Friday March 05, 2021 @06:42AM (#26355743)
Those are obligations if you're redistributing someone else's GPL code. You'd have to sue yourself to ensure compliance with your own license if it applied to you.
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Re:Open source projects should run office hours by account42 on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:47AM (#26383866)
> btw, GPL is considered a "free" license

Yes.

> not a "open source" one

It is also an open source license.

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