[ Sorry for my late reply ] > 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. >
ilf wrote: > 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? Yes, the US Government, in that situation, would have a right to demand source and it would be a GPL violation, with the US Government itself as a victim. (And, yes, I've seen this happen in the past, but I don't see the evidence of that here (yet).) -- bkuhn
