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justincliftyesterday at 6:09 AM3 repliesview on HN

Aren't they legally obligated to release the source code of whatever GPL software they ship? ie the version shipped that is


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resoniousyesterday at 6:59 AM

By GPL, they're only obligated to release an offer that allows costumers to request the source code. They can still keep the source "closed" by default.

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SXXyesterday at 6:34 AM

This is why most of Android outside of linux kernel is not GPL.

pabs3yesterday at 7:33 AM

From other discussions, it sounds like they are shipping the copyleft source on time, only the permissive/pushover licensed stuff gets delayed source releases.