I think for my next programming project I'm going to obey the letter of the GPL.
yes, it'll be open source, but if you want the source you're gonna need to send me a letter asking for the source, and I'll send it back on some floppies
@eniko I think it depends on the version? like I think the GPL3 says you have to send it in the form you use for editing/building it, not some transformed version.
@foone@eniko IIRC, even v2 defined the source code as the preferred form for modification. You aren't compliant if you provide C "source" but do your modifications by editing undisclosed XML files and running an in-house tool to generate the C.
It was there to prevent people from claiming some disassembled version of the binary was the source. I don't know if it applies to sending it via "printed PDF".
@eniko@foone The GPLv3 text mentions "a copy of the Corresponding Source for all the software in the product that is covered by this License, on a durable physical medium customarily used for software interchange".
I guess it would be up to a court to decide if floppy disks and printed source code are "customarily used for software interchange". Or if they once where, but are not now.
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