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andyzweb | 5 years ago

I believe the offer is for anyone you’ve distributed the program to. So if it was Bill who shared a copy of the program with the random teenager it would fall upon Bill to provide him with the source and not you.

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tialaramex|5 years ago

Nope. The GPL expressly says "to give any third party". It's done this way on purpose.

andyzweb|5 years ago

my mistake. thank you for the correction.

teddyh|5 years ago

The offer only has to be given to Bill, but the offer must be valid for anyone, including anyone Bill passes it on to.