At 2007-02-22 17:00:59 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > What are the company's obligations under the GPL? > > To open-source their modifications. > > [...] > > > But one popular perception is that the product (i.e. their program > > plus the GPLed server) is a work derived from the both their > > proprietary one, and the GPLed one; and that the terms of the GPL > > thus apply to the whole. > > > > Is that really true? > > Only if you modify the GPLed one; if you don't modify it you are OK.
It sounds to me as though you're contradicting yourself here. If the GPL applies to the distributed whole, then the company's obligation can't be only to open-source the modifications they make to the GPLed program. -- ams
