----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Starling" <tstarl...@wikimedia.org>
> On 30/12/11 08:30, Dan Collins wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Huib Laurens <sterke...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> It doesn't need to be compatible or open-source right? > > > > GPL 2.0 section 2 b: > > > > b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in > > whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part > > thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties > > under the terms of this License. > > You can modify GPL software for private use. That clause only kicks in > when you "distribute or publish" the work, so you're generally OK if > you're just using it within a single company. Maybe that's what Huib > meant by "closed source". And since we're not under the *Affero* GPL, you can modify it, *and make it publicly available*, and still not be constrained by the licence (I don't think I've got that backwards, do I?) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
