[osdcmy-public] Re: Reminder - RMS Interview.

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Thanks for the pointers. There seems to be some confusion (in my head) over the actual clauses of GPLs in the protection of opening source-code. From our project discussions: http://sourceforge.net/projects/adempiere/forums/forum/610546/topic/3175560 and http://sourceforge.net/projects/adempiere/forums/forum/610546/topic/3053975 I somewhat remember one of us wrote to FSF for clarification of a certain clause where the owner of sourcecode can hide its sourecode somewhat from public access as long as they put the licence note in, etc. The owner only need to give access when requested by users but may not offer it beforehand. I am checking again with my community as to what was the delicate answer. Ang Chin Han wrote: On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Ditesh Kumar <ditesh.ku...@gmail.com> wrote: On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Raja Iskandar Shah <rajaiskand...@gmail.com> wrote: in your opinion should companies that provide free web services like google apps or facebook have a moral obligation to release their codes ? i remember this question being asked in the earlier days of the interwebs, and if my memory serves me right, strictly speaking, no rights are applicable for software that runs on other machines. of course, that was in the CGI days. these days, there is no clear distinction/demarcation of what runs locally and what runs remotely on the interwebs, and as such, this position may have changed. it's worth asking this question (and the other questions mentioned in this thread)  :) IIRC I asked the same question to him the first time he was over and he was pretty okay with it. That was before GPL v3. Quote: wikipedia on GPL v3's changes: Other notable changes include allowing authors to add certain additional conditions or requirements to their contributions. One of those new optional requirements, sometimes referred to as the Affero clause, is intended to fulfill **a request regarding software as a service**; the permitting addition of this requirement makes GPLv3 compatible with the Affero General Public License. end quote quote Affero clause: The terms "Affero clause", "Affero requirement" and "Affero provision" are occasionally used to refer generically to free software/open source licensing provisions requiring availability of source code when licensed software is deployed as a network service. end quote Emphasis mine. Worth asking again esp. in regards to GPL v3, and if his position have changed over the years.   --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. To post to this group, send email to osdcmy-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to osdcmy-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---