Timeline for What do I have to include in the binary package as "corresponding source code" for GPL licensed software?
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 11:32 | comment | added | vonbrand | @Goopjo, the GPL only asks for a written offer to give the source code when asked, not give the code with binaries. But that is mostly moot with today's technology, it is easier to locate the source for the relevant version of Qt et al elsewhere than asking some hobbyist for it because I got some code of hers from a third party... | |
| Jan 4, 2016 at 1:03 | comment | added | Goopjo | but why do the PyQt sources and the Windows installer for PyQt don't include the sources for Qt, then, wouldn't that be a violation of the GPL? (BTW, Qt is LGPL, PyQt is GPL) | |
| Jan 4, 2016 at 0:49 | comment | added | vonbrand | @Goopjo, PyQt depends on Qt, which is GPL, so you'd have to include it. | |
| Jan 4, 2016 at 0:34 | comment | added | Goopjo | Also I added a 4th point to my question. BTW, the PyQt5 source code does not include the source of Qt (if I'm not mistaken), so it seems that GPL doesn't require to package them and I don't have to provide sources for Qt either, right? Otherwise PyQt5 would be violationg GPL, which I don't believe is true. | |
| Jan 3, 2016 at 23:55 | comment | added | Goopjo | So that means I just have to include the source of Python 3.4 (python.org/ftp/python/3.4.4/Python-3.4.4.tar.xz) and the source of PyQt5 (sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/PyQt5/PyQt-5.5.1/… ). I did not understand if I have to include the source of Qt itself. The zipped source package is more than 0.5GB big. | |
| Jan 3, 2016 at 23:07 | history | answered | vonbrand | CC BY-SA 3.0 |