On Tuesday 17 March 2009 14:11:38 Ron Jensen wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 13:43 +0100, Stefan Seifert wrote: > > On Tuesday 17 March 2009 13:34:19 Curtis Olson wrote: > > > Here's a question: Does a 3rd party have the > > > right to ask for the modified source code, even if none of the entities > > > receiving the modified program don't care to ask for the source code? > > > > In short: no. The GPL doesn't require any rights for the whole world, but > > just for the users. This makes the GPL a perfectly acceptable license > > even for work with only one intended customer. > > Stefan's answer would allow company "A" to restrict the potential > customer's freedom to redistribute flightgear. Anticipated and > specifically addressed in GPL v2
Bottomline: no matter how often I read that darn license, I'll always forget important part when feeling the need to answer questions about it. Sorry for the confusion and thanks for clearing that up. Just a note: if the demo already contains the source code, then there does not have to be a written offer (or the referal to the written offer) for any third party, which would indeed be the case, I incorrectly simplified it to. Stefan
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