> 2. If you ever distribute binaries _without_ source code, then you're
> obliged to make the source code available to _any_ third party on
> request; _not_ only those to whom you gave the binaries.
That's not what the GPL says. The only clauses I think you could be talking
about are:
b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
parties under the terms of this License.
Note that providing a license does not require providing media. A license
is a right to use, not an ability to use or a copy of the covered work. And:
b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
customarily used for software interchange; or,
Which, you'll notice, says you must *accompany* the distribution with a
written offer. There is no way this offer could be enforced by someone who
did not possess it or a copy of it. How would you know who to contact, the
amount to pay, and so on?
So if you neither possess the binary nor a copy of an offer for the source,
you are not entitled to it. At least, that's how I read this.
DS
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