On 12/15/2014 11:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: > http://opensource.com/law/14/7/lawsuit-threatens-break-new-ground-gpl-and-software-licensing-issues
What exactly does that have to do with Axiom? > On the "distribution to independent contractors" (triggering the > distribution clause) vs "independent contractors are employees" > (not a distribution) it seems that Ameriprise does not provide > independent contractors with an office, phone, or benefits so > they would not be considered employees. Thus, Ameriprise would > likely have "distributed" the software. IANAL, but the software is re-distributed even in the case that an employer gives it to its employees under the GPL. Now an employee has to right to get the sources. He also has the right (under GPL) to redistribute. Well, this might conflict with his contract with the employer, so the employee might choose not to re-distribute the software any further. If one receives GPL software, there is no obligation to redistribute it. GPL only applies if one starts a distribution. Anyway, GPLv3 probably makes things clearer also with respect to law in other countries. Lawyers can make things sooo complicated. Ralf _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
