Ron Jensen wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 20:30 -0500, 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.
>
> Murky waters here. And a slippery slope to be on.
>
> > Let's say they even make a few small changes to FlightGear. Now they
> > give away a demo system
>
> This is distributing. If there were no changes simply pointing to the
> FG source at cvs.flightgear.org would be sufficient. However, as they
> distributed a modified executable, they owe the community the modified
> sources to that executable. That is simply the "cost" of using
> flightgear.
>
> > 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?
>
> Probably.
I'd go further, and say "yes", but IANAL either.
Providing the software to a third party, whether a demo or not, and whether
money has
changed hands or not, is still distributing the software, so you must include
the source.
I'm sure you've already thought about it, but just in case this isn't a
completely
hypothetical situation, you could just give them access to a computer with the
(binary)
software running on it. The computer is yours, so you are not distributing
anything.
Alternatively, just rip out half the function to produce your demo, and include
the source.
-Stuart
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