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Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL
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> 
> 
> > I'm still not seeing any evidence of anyone being blocked from obtaining
> > the source code (although I haven't followed the whole thread)
<snip>
> GPL says:
> 
>   3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
> under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
> Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
> 
>     a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
>     source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections
>     1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

If you can supply source on a floppy, or CDROM, or DVD, in a different
form than the binary (which may be in a flash ROM, ...), then clearly
it doesn't have to be in the same form as the Program.
The URL of a website is a medium customarily used for software interchange.