Note that the GPL doesn't say you have to give it to them in the form
most convenient for them. It says you have to give it on a medium
commonly used for software exchange.
> (then I'm tempted to ask, what if the company is out of business in
> less than three years, or the person that knows the details is no
> longer at the company? Can you ship the source in EBCDIC if the
> customer can't read it?)
Yes, *if* that is what you use ("The source code for a work means the
preferred form of the work for making modifications to it.") The GPL
does *not* mean you have to handhold the customer through making your
source code work.
Disclaimer: this is not legal advice.
-hpa
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