On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:24, Nick Rout wrote: > Just help me with my train of thought. > > Imagine a software project is written in php and is released under the > GPL. > > Imagine someone modifies that project to run their own website, operates > that website but never releases their changes. > > Are they obliged to release their changes? Not currently under GPL-2.x.
> I am thinking that as they > only use their changes on their own website there is no "distribution" > of their changes, and the GPL does not require it's release. > Am I right? As of now, yes. GPL-3 is _*rumoured*_ to close that loophole. as well as several others, i.e. the translation of algorithms expressed in one computer language to another to avoid the strictures of the GPL, etc., etc.. http://gplv3.fsf.org/index05 -- CS
