In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Web services are going to replace software distributed on media. > If anyone can use GPL software to offer a service to the public > without having to share modifications, that blows free software > right out of the water. >If you provide it on a website, then it isn't very in-house, it is >just pure distribution, and the GPL already handles that. He means providing a service that uses GPLed software to perform the service, not providing a copy of the software. For example, suppose you provide a service to the public that compiles programs using a modified version of gcc, but you don't give out copies of the modified compiler: you just accept .c files and return .o files. As far as I can see, the current GPL does not apply to this situation at all. -- Richard _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
