On: The "Everyone gets the source code, donations get ...

[jules]

Sure it is. Under the GPL you are not allowed to distribute a binary without also distributing the source and dependencies. But it is fine to distribute the source code without bundled dependencies.

[koenigdavidmj → jules]

The problem is that you also need to supply the dependencies that you used to build it (makefiles and such).

[jules → koenigdavidmj]

Certainly. I'm not saying it's a viable business model. As I mentioned elsewhere in this thread, one person could even buy the pre-built binaries and freely redistribute them. The GPL allows this. However the parent is still factually wrong.

[zem → koenigdavidmj]

not to people to whom he's not distributing a binary

[georgemcbay → zem]

But once he distributes them to one person who gets the binary that person can distribute them freely to everyone else.

[zem → georgemcbay]

and he's perfectly fine with that