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Re: Circumventing the GPL
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Tim Smith |
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Re: Circumventing the GPL |
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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:40:26 -0700 |
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In article <gyqhk.553$7g.528@fe127.usenetserver.com>,
Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote:
> David Kastrup wrote:
> > Where is the point in throwing away valuable material? Where is the
> > point in paying A for copying source and binaries _AND_ then make you
> > unable to do copies yourself?
>
> That way Company A gets to have its cake and eat it to.
> It leverages available GPLed software so that the software
> it needs can be developed faster, and it prevents the source
> of the modified software from becoming visible to anyone else
> other than itself and the developers, so that it can gain
> competitive advantage and withhold secrets.
I don't think that will work. After all, company B doesn't have to
throw away the source. B could ship it. So, A can't rationally count
on it not getting out.
A could try to make a contractual arrangement requiring B to throw out
the source, but then I think A would be violating GPL, so that won't fly.
--
--Tim Smith
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, (continued)
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/07/22
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, John Hasler, 2008/07/22
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/07/22
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, John Hasler, 2008/07/22
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/07/22
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, John Hasler, 2008/07/24
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/07/24
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, John Hasler, 2008/07/24
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/07/24
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/07/23
- Re: Circumventing the GPL,
Tim Smith <=
Re: Circumventing the GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/07/23
Re: Circumventing the GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/07/23
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/07/23
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/07/23
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/07/23
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, rjack, 2008/07/23
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/07/24
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/07/24
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/07/24
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/07/24