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Originally Posted by Max Lobovsky
The software he was borrowing code from was GPL'd and therefore, by copyright law, he was obliged to release the source of software he developed using it. Of course, these companies have absolutely no intention of doing that. So the RIAA, in its attempt to enforce copyright law, is stamping all over it themselves.
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That's not true. The terms of the GPL say that you must distribute the source code to anyone that you distribute the binaries to. It doesn't say anything about who you have to distribute binaries to. He could modify the software for his personal use as much as he wants, and he'd never have to distribute his modifications. He could also distribute the program to everyone in the RIAA, but the source code would never have to leave the RIAA.