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		astrodust on June 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux grabs its single biggest win In other words, the people you sell it to are entitled to the source, nothing more. The general public, given they are not customers, are not involved.

raldi on June 29, 2012 [–]

s/sell/give/

And those rights are automatically passed on -- if Alice sells the product to Bob and he resells it to Carol and she compiles it and gives the binary away to Doug, Doug can call Alice and demand the source.

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