Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hence the ASP loophole: you can take a program licensed under the GPL, > pound it into this type of interface, and you no longer have to > distribute anything at all for people to use it. The GPL is dependent > on distribution in order for people to be able to get the source.
There are clearly about six different "ASP loopholes" confusing this discussion. :) I propose from now on that people stop saying "the ASP loophole" as if there were only one. David Turner contends that the real problem is web-only applications, I assumed you meant "GPL'd client, proprietary web app", and actually you mean "GPL'd web app, proprietary client". But I'm not sure I understand even now the specific case you are speaking of. Still, I think there is a good rule here: Free software lets me modify my program, and as long as I don't copy it, I get to run it all I like and not provide source for anyone. I'm even allowed to do this for other people. Thomas