All the license says is under what terms the software can be
distributed, it doesn't comply anyone to distribute it.
I don't think that open source is a license, it just saying that the
source is freely available (don't know what is says, if anything,
concerning who can change the official source).
Henning writes:
> But it does not include the case, if another (unknown?) person makes the
> code public (without knowlege/agreement of the author).
That's covered by copyright law. "Unknown" has infringed the author's
copyright.
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On Friday 29 August 2003 23:59, Thomas Krennwallner wrote:
> Maybe this[1] can help.
> 1. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCInternalDistribution
Yes, thank you! But it does not include the case, if another (unknown?) person
makes the code public (without knowlege/agreement of the auth
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:22:45 +0200,
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> Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:17:47 +0200,
> > "Stefan Waidele jun." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> >>Arnt Karlsen wrote:
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Arnt Karlsen wrote:
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I have a few dozen s
Arnt Karlsen wrote:
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Arnt Karlsen wrote:
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I have a few dozen s
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> Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:09:10 -0500,
> > Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >>[...]
> >>I have a few do
Arnt Karlsen wrote:
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I have a few dozen small programs that I've tacked a GPL notice onto
just in case, yet that have never ventured off of my hard disk because
they are one half st
Hi!
On Fri Aug 29, 2003 at 09:45:01PM +0200, Henning Moll wrote:
> So, the big question is: What does distribute mean? For example:
>
> A system administrator writes a little handy perl script using some
> gpl'd perl libraries (as mentioned in the gpl-faq, this is linking,
> and therefore, the ne
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:09:10 -0500,
Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 10:42, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> > Hopefully a (quick) question...if I make a product which is open
> > source I don't have to *distribute* the product, do I?
> >
On Friday 29 August 2003 19:39, Stefan Waidele jun. wrote:
> Since you don't distribute, you don't _need_ to put it under GPL. But
> simultaniously, you _must not_ distribute it under any other license.
So, the big question is: What does distribute mean? For example:
A system administrator writes
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 11:42:49AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> Hopefully a (quick) question...if I make a product which is open source I
> don't have to *distribute* the product, do I?
>
> Background: a potential client may or may not understand the benefits of
> open source work. If I make s
Russell Shaw wrote:
Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
[...]
If you sell the product to just one person, then you only need to
distribute any GPL source code to that *one* person (IIRC).
But that means that there are already two persons who have the code...
If you develop a program that is based on GPL-comp
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 10:42, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> Hopefully a (quick) question...if I make a product which is open source I
> don't have to *distribute* the product, do I?
>
> Background: a potential client may or may not understand the benefits of
> open source work. If I make something for
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 11:42:49AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> Hopefully a (quick) question...if I make a product which is open source I
> don't have to *distribute* the product, do I?
Assuming the GPL, no; you can fail to distribute it. It does
Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
Hopefully a (quick) question...if I make a product which is open source I
don't have to *distribute* the product, do I?
If GPL code is *in* your program, you need to make the source available
to whoever buys your product. With less restrictive (LGPL) licences and
shared run-
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