-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Felipe Lessa wrote:
> However, the license of the projects using those GPLed codes must be > the GPLed as well, even if it is used only internally. This means that > any worker of the company that uses the software must have access to > the source *and* the right to do anything with it (obviously, > permitted by the GPL). He [the worker] may actually even redistribute > the software to their competitor without violating the license. I do not think that this is true. In order to be able to distribute something, it is not enough for the license to allow that - the person doing the distribution must be also allowed to do so. In the case of a company, a random Joe Schmoo the employee is not the copyright holder and cannot release anything under GPL. Therefore he is not allowed to distribute anything without the permission of the company officials. Also, I am not sure whether use of a GPL application by the employees of the company can be considered distribution. Very likely the answer would be negative and then the use alone is not covered by copyright, only distribution. The internal code of a company can be licensed as whatever - if it is never distributed outside, the GPL clauses are never triggered and the company does not have any obligations with regards to the source. Copying of the code between programmers' workstations is not likely to be considered "distribution", but this depends on the jurisdiction, I think. Regards, Jan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHWyWsn11XseNj94gRAhLeAJ9/M8r1LwEm/E4POuooHoPVhiqHsgCcC51C ji/epbhT6+Jbqv80Vx9qIvI= =gp2y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Soya-user mailing list Soya-user@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/soya-user
