he 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".

That's the way it was explained to me last summer when I got into a battle with a former client and lawyers got involved. Now every client I do work for is on a contract and that contract stipulates if I can or can not release any of the work. If they don't want me to then the hourly rate also is higher.


Jamie Holly
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