Re:Open source projects should run office hours
by eeZah7Ux on Friday March 05, 2021 @09:27AM
(#26357184)
> Under GPL-like licenses you are obligated to provide source code if you provide a binary
No, this requirement applies only if you are using somebody's else GPL code, and it's meant to allow other developers and users to benefit from the work done.
It does not apply to the original author because the author owns the copyright of that code.
Re:Open source projects should run office hours
by layer8 on Friday March 05, 2021 @04:52PM
(#26362611)
That seems to be disputed, see https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/27768/is-there-a-loo....
Note that the GPL specifically does not require publishing the source code, or having to distribute it along with the binaries. It allows the alternative of only providing the source code upon request by any third party, to that same third party.