GPL and internal use

2004-06-08 Thread nospam+pixelglow . com
Dear All, There seemed to be a great debate a few years back regarding whether a company could augment GPL software for its own, private use and never release any modified sources. The general consensus from googling around seems to be: yes, GPL does allow that (doesn't bode well for dual

Re: GPL and internal use

2004-06-08 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, There seemed to be a great debate a few years back regarding whether a company could augment GPL software for its own, private use and never release any modified sources. The general consensus from googling around seems to be: yes, GPL does allow that

Re: GPL and internal use

2004-06-08 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 05:57:31AM -0500,: modified sources. The general consensus from googling around seems to be: yes, GPL does allow that Yes, it does. For example, Trolltech seems to take a severe view of distribution in GPL, possibly because their old QPL

Re: GPL and internal use

2004-06-08 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): There seemed to be a great debate a few years back regarding whether a company could augment GPL software for its own, private use and never release any modified sources. The general consensus from googling around seems to be: yes, GPL does allow