Curtis Olson wrote: > Here's a hypothetical question. > > Let's say some company "A" builds an internal product prototype that > incorporates FlightGear as part of a larger aggregate system. Let's say > they even make a few small changes to FlightGear. Now they give away a > demo system to a couple different potential customers and say, "Hey what > do you think." They haven't rolled out an actual product, they haven't > had any actual sales. No customer has paid any money for the copy of > the system. > > Has the GPL been violated?
You don't have to provide sources with the binaries to comply with the GPL, you just have to make them available if the a recipient of the binary asks for them. In this case company "A" better have a plan in place for when an eventual paying customer asks for the source. I mean this in the sense that your business model shouldn't depend on keeping source code secret if you're using GPL'ed code. Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
