Who knows the GPL well?

[gboyce at badbelly.com (Gregory Boyce)]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Brendan wrote:

> On Tuesday 11 October 2005 12:01 pm, Gordon Marx wrote:
>> On 11/10/05, Brendan <mailinglist at endosquid.com> wrote:
>>> Company does not want to give me the source code to their GPL product
>>> unless I buy it. Is this legal? I have already tried searching, and
>>> couldn't come up with anything concrete.
>>
>> Not enough information.
>>
>> As I understand it, if you can get your hands on a binary of the
>> software, they have to give you the source also. If the only way to
>> get the binary is to buy it, then they don't have to give you the
>> source. Which case is it?
>
> No money = no binary, no source.
> I get nothing if I give them no money.
> This is all php code, so it's already in source form. I just can't get my
> hands on anything...

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#CanIDemandACopy

>From the GPL FAQ:

If I know someone has a copy of a GPL-covered program, can I demand he 
give me a copy?

     No. The GPL gives him permission to make and redistribute copies of 
the program if he chooses to do so. He also has the right not to 
redistribute the program, if that is what he chooses.