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Originally Posted by Matan View Post
If he is not the sole copyright holder, and it is GPL, then it is not his right to do so.

If he chose not to provide source with the binary, then he needs to provide source to any third party, not only to people who bought the binary.
Reading Wikipedia, I don't see where he needs to provide source to any third party, not only to people who bought the binary.

The fourth section for version 2 of the license and the seventh section of version 3 require that programs distributed as pre-compiled binaries are accompanied by a copy of the source code, a written offer to distribute the source code via the same mechanism as the pre-compiled binary or the written offer to obtain the source code that you got when you received the pre-compiled binary under the GPL. The second section of version 2 and the fifth section of version 3 also require giving "all recipients a copy of this License along with the Program". Version 3 of the license allows making the source code available in additional ways in fulfillment of the seventh section. These include downloading source code from an adjacent network server or by peer-to-peer transmission, provided that is how the compiled code was available and there are "clear directions" on where to find the source code.

Originally Posted by Matan View Post
It is stated very clearly in the license, so I don't understand why you claim otherwise.
Could you give me the quote, please? Most likely, I'm inattentive, but I haven't noticed it anywhere.
 

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