Lindows and the sources

>From
http://help.lindows.com/cgi-bin/visitors.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=23
 
> Lindows.com respects all applicable licensing and is proud to be
> a strong supporter of the Open Source community
 
...linking to http://www.lindows.com/lindows_products_license.php
 
> Such software programs may be licensed (or sublicensed) to the user
> under the GNU General Public License and other similar open source
> license agreements which, among other rights, permit the user to
> copy, modify and redistribute certain programs, or portions thereof,
> and have access to the source code.
 
> You may find the licenses and source code to these open source
> third-party programs here:
 
> http://www.debian.org
 
> http://www.kde.org
 
> http://www.winehq.com
 
> Lindows.com is pleased to be a proud supporter of these initiatives
> through conference sponsorships, financial support, and code
> development. All code changes made by Lindows.com to the above
> products are sent back to these organizations and/or will be made
> available for download here. (Keep in mind that LindowsOS hasn't
> even released a Beta version of LindowsOS, so the source code is
> very unstable and changing continually.)
 
1. WalMart is shipping LindowsOS on its PCs.
 
2. According to the GPL, Lindows _itself_ is responsible for
   distributing the source for any binaries it distributes, _not_
   the organisations Lindows link to.
 
3. There is no provision for source _following_ binaries: in order
   for binaries derived from GPLed programs to be distributed,
   Lindows must make the source available _before_ or _with_
   the binaries.
 
4. There are no exceptions in the GPL for `unstable and changing'.
 
5. The sources at http://net2.com/lindows/source/ do not appear to
   be complete, in particular most of the leaves on this directory
   tree contain only package descriptions and do not appear to
   reflect any substantial changes that Lindows may have made.
 
6. Other GPL distributors, notably the easy-to-use Mandrake corporate
   and purist not-for-profit Debian organisation, have no trouble
   making sources available with or before binaries.
 
Please explain.
 
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