The reason we require the offer to be valid for any third party is so that people who receive the binaries indirectly in that way can order the source code from you. GPLv2 says that modified versions, if released, must be “licensed … to all third parties.” Who are these third parties?
Section 2 says that modified versions you distribute must be licensed to all third parties under the GPL. “All third parties” means absolutely everyone—but this does not require you to *do* anything physically for them. It only means they have a license from you, under the GPL, for your version. Am I required to claim a copyright on my modifications to a GPL-covered program? You are not required to claim a copyright on your changes. In most countries, however, that happens automatically by default, so you need to place your changes explicitly in the public domain if you do not want them to be copyrighted.
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- The reason we require the offer to be valid for any third party is so that people who receive the binaries indirectly in that way can order the source code from you. GPLv2 says that modified versions, if released, must be "licensed … to all third parties." Who are these third parties?
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