In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hyman Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Kastrup wrote: > > Where is the point in throwing away valuable material? Where is the > > point in paying A for copying source and binaries _AND_ then make you > > unable to do copies yourself? > > That way Company A gets to have its cake and eat it to. > It leverages available GPLed software so that the software > it needs can be developed faster, and it prevents the source > of the modified software from becoming visible to anyone else > other than itself and the developers, so that it can gain > competitive advantage and withhold secrets. I don't think that will work. After all, company B doesn't have to throw away the source. B could ship it. So, A can't rationally count on it not getting out. A could try to make a contractual arrangement requiring B to throw out the source, but then I think A would be violating GPL, so that won't fly. -- --Tim Smith _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
