2010/5/6 Patrick Cornelißen <[email protected]> > Hi! > > 2010/5/6 Geoffrey Spear <[email protected]>: > > That's actually an interesting case, because if you read the App > > Engine terms, you actually do grant Google a license to your software; > > they need one to reproduce the software throughout their cloud to run > > it for you. The GPL explictly allows you to do this however, as long > > as you have an agreement with them explicitly forbidding them to make > > copies of the portion of the work that's copyrighted outside of their > > relationship with you, which is also part of the App Engine terms. > > You *probably* are required by the GPL to provide to Google, if they > > request it, a copy of any parts of the source that you didn't modify > > yourself, although they're very unlikely to request that you do so > > (and, at least with the Python runtime, you've already provided all of > > your source anyway.) > > > > In any case, the GPL doesn't require that you provide source at all to > > anyone to whom you're not distributing the software. > > I see your point and I think an official google statement here would be > good. >
We will never disclose an application's source to a third party unless legally compelled to do so. -Nick Johnson > > > -- > Mit freundlichen Grüßen, // Bye, > Patrick Cornelißen > http://www.openprojectguide.org > http://www.pcornelissen.de http://code.google.com/p/gloudy/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: 368047 Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: 368047 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
