Re: [Gimp-user] Use GIMP for commercial / business purposes?

[Jernej Simončič <jernej|s-gmane eternallybored org>]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:40:33 -0500, Frank Gore wrote:

> Wrong. Nowhere does it say that YOU must personally make the source
> code available, only that it must be available. In this case, the
> source code already happens to be readily available all over the web.
> Only if you modify it and then distribute a binary based on the
> modified code must you provide the modified source code.
>
> "Hello,
> Thank you for your request. The source code you asked about can be
> downloaded from http://www.gimp.org";

FSF's GPL FAQ covers this specific case and says you normally can't do
that:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#SourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#UnchangedJustBinary


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