On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:40:11 +0300 Nir Aides <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is an interesting legal problem. > > According to the GPL, your work is derived from software covered > by the GPL and therefore the client can not give you a copy of the > source under any terms other than the GPL even if they own the > copyright to the part of the work created by you. > Now, you have a copy of the source (since you created it) by > permission (which may be irrelevant) of the client. > Therefore the copy you have is governed by the GPL and it is > illegal of the client to prevent you from distributing it under > the GPL. I think it depends on the terms of the contract. eg. if I am an employ of XYZ, I'm "exposed" to a GPL program and the holder of the copyright is XYZ I still may not distribute it. I think this is the case with modified Apache/MySQL at Google. They don't "leak out". -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it
