But when you use it "internally" doesn't that mean that the client is
also using it. And there for if they ever said "give me my code, i'm
going to a different programmer" wouldn't you have to give it to them
?
Jeff.
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 08:44:19 -0500, Rob Kinyon <rob.kinyon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Warning: I am not a lawyer.
>
> I have never given credit to the original authors nor have I ever made
> source code available on some 9-10 projects in 5 states. And, I've
> made internal modifications.
>
> You have to do those things if you're going to redestribute, not if
> you use internally. Otherwise, every single usage of Apache, mod_perl,
> and gcc would be similarly "infected".
>
> Now, it's polite to pass those changes back to the author, if they
> involve improvements. But, there's nothing requiring you to.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:16:04 -0400, Jeff MacDonald <bignose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This package looks really great, but is "infected" with the GPL. I'm
> > wondering for a commercial company to use a package and make internal
> > modifications to the product, but not redistrubute the product at all,
> > what obligations are attached ?
> >
> > - Do we have to give credit anywhere to the orriginal authors ?
> > - Do we have to make the source code available ? [from our changes ?]
> >
> > These are mostly questions my boss has before he'll let me use this.
> >
> > jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:58:41 -0800, Tony Fraser <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I sent this to William earlier but had meant to send it to the list...
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 13:13, William McKee wrote:
> > > > Back in August there was a thread[1] about modules available for
> > > > implementing e-commerce websites. As I'm now on the brink of needing a
> > > > similar solution, I'd like to get some feecback from the folks who
> > > > posted to see where their respective projects stand.
> > >
> > > If you have shell access to the server you will be running it on and can
> > > arrange for a daemon to run I highly recommend Interchange
> > > (http://www.icdevgroup.org/). Its template language (ITL) can be
> > > confusing at times but Interchange powers quite a few high traffic
> > > sites.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tony Fraser
> > > tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sybaspace Internet Solutions System Administrator
> > > phone: (250) 246-5368 fax: (250) 246-5398
> > >
> > >
> > >
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