On 03/10/13 09:54, Quentin Lefebvre wrote:
This is the important part:
must do so exclusively on your behalf, under your direction and
control
It means that they cannot use it for their own purposes.
The GPL doesn't restrict internal use within an organisation, or the
keeping secret of development versions that have not been provided to
someone outside the organisation. This clause extends this to people
acting as agents of the organisation, but only to the extent they are
agents. If they have access to the software in any other role, they
have the right to redistribute.
There are situations where is unlikely that re-distribution will occur,
but not illegal for it to happen. One would be a gentleman's agreement.
Another is where the product is sold to a company which would have no
incentive to redistribute (often true of specialist, but horizontal,
market products sold to utilities, etc.).
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