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		ghaff on June 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Personal Journey from MIT to GPL I was assuming that if you were developing code for someone they would also get access to the sources. But you’re right. That’s not necessarily a given.

icebraining on June 14, 2019 [–]

No, they did get the sources. What I wrote is that you don't have to "release the code publicly or contribute to the original project."

Obviously our clients (who got the sources) could have published them. But they have no incentive to do so.

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