Thanks so much for the feed back. This has put my mind at ease. -adam
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 29 March 2011 16:43:14 adam shea - [email protected] wrote: > > Say I were to use my "derived work" strictly for testing proprietary > > interfaces. Interfaces that I am not allowed to disclose to the general > > public and will most definetely upset my employer very much if I were to > do > > so. I can create a "derived work" based on the Linux kernel and not > license > > it under the GPL so long as it is never released? Or, would it be the > case > > that letting someone else (someone on my team) use the "derived work" > > constitutes "distribution." > > Yes, you are allowed to do it. You don't have to release your modified > source to anyone except people who receive the binaries. If the derived > work's binaries are not leaving your company, there is no obligation. > > I am familiar with this because I am working with OSS compliance lawyers on > our Linux-based product. And yes, we'll ship the sources, but then again, we > sell the product worldwide. Similarly, we have internal tools based on GPL > code that we don't release because we don't ship the code. > > --Fred > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 > May 4 - Inkscape > Jun 1 - Zimbra > -- "Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done." -Linus Torvalds
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