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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by russdill on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @12:12PM (#38856574)
You absolutely do not need to ship the source code with the binary. The source offer is sufficient and the most common way of meeting the license obligation.
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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by bayindirh on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @12:29PM (#38856813)
> The source offer is sufficient and the most common way of meeting the license obligation.

Yes, you're right. And you play e-mail ping-pong while trying to find the correct person in most cases. IIRC Linksys got into "warmer than usual" water because of not honoring the offer.

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