On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:34:42 +0200, ilf wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> Bradley M. Kuhn: > > If someone used GPL'd software to build some software the > > government wanted, and distributed it to them, the only reason it'd > > be a GPL violation would be if, upon distribution to the > > government, there was a violation. > > But if a .gov entity gets a binary, and it know there's GPL code in > there, it also needs to get the source, right? > ..only if said .gov entity want's to distribute said GPL code on to e.g other .gov entities, employees etc "other people." for strictly internal use in .gov entity with no distribution to the outside and not for employee home use etc, there is no distribution. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
