That is an interesting point. How many GPL licensed projects don't follow this themselves?
It might be different for the originator to not include the license and just state it on their website, but any fork or redistributor would need to provide a copy of the license to be in compliance.
IMHO the best way to ensure compliance is to include full source and the license file with every download.
IMHO2 this might be why Apple doesn't want GPL in their app store. One could claim Apple is redistributing it and not in full compliance depending how the developer handles these things.
It might be different for the originator to not include the license and just state it on their website, but any fork or redistributor would need to provide a copy of the license to be in compliance.
IMHO the best way to ensure compliance is to include full source and the license file with every download.
IMHO2 this might be why Apple doesn't want GPL in their app store. One could claim Apple is redistributing it and not in full compliance depending how the developer handles these things.