<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body>They have to supply the source to all GPL components like the Linux kernel and any userland libraries and utilities that are GPL. They do not have to provide source code to their applicAtion unless it is linked with a GPL component. This is why libraries come with the LGPL license. <br/><br/>I hope this helps. <br/>Faisal<div>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone</div><hr/><div><b>From: </b> Dave Cramer <davecramer@gmail.com>
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</div><div><b>Date: </b>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 06:47:39 -0500</div><div><b>To: </b><tlug@ss.org></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> tlug@ss.org</div><div><b>Subject: </b>[TLUG]: GPL question</div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr">This might not be the right place to ask this but ...<div><br></div><div>If a company makes and sells a device built on linux are they required to provide source code for their application ?</div><div><br clear="all">
<div>Dave Cramer</div>
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