On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 18:45:29 -0500, Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 02:52:41PM -0800, David M.Besonen wrote: >> does the gpl (v2 or v3-draft) address the issue of hosted apps? >> specifically, does the gpl prevent someone from taking code, modifying >> it, and putting it on a server and charging people to use the app >> without making the source available? > >GPLv2 does not. The GPLv3 draft attempts to. In my opinion, it does >not do so in a satisfactory way, causing various practical problems. >You can find discussions on the list archives, eg. > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/01/msg00213.html thanks for the link. i'll read the thread a bit later. in the meanwhile, how would *you* word language in the gplv3 that would cover this loophole (that's what i would call it)? is there a general sense in the debian-legal community that modifying gpl'd apps and then hosting them without releasing the modified source is undesirable? i would have though the fsf folks would have been all over this. especially given the recent explosion of hosted apps. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
