Thanks Mark - that seems pretty clear. Terry...
On 21/08/2013, at 12:29 AM, "Mark Wilcox" <m_p_wil...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > It's distribution not use that counts in the GPL. If you put the download > behind a login then you could possibly argue that the distribution was > entirely internal, however, students are not generally under the control of > an organisation in the same way that employees are - a student could > legitimately argue that you gave them the binary, therefore you have to give > them the source code too. For a company with an internal distribution, > employees or sub-contractors are unlikely to raise the same objection. Even > if you did make source code available internally, you can contractually > prevent employees and sub-contractors from distributing it further, whatever > the license says. With students I don't think that's the case. > > Note that the GPL never forces you to publish your source code publicly when > distribution is limited, just that everyone who gets the binary also gets the > source and is free to pass it on to others. > > > ________________________________ > From: Terry Judd <terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 13:56 > Subject: Re: community vs commercial for internal distribution of iOS apps > > > > > On 20/08/2013, at 8:31 PM, "Richmond" <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 08/20/2013 06:32 AM, Terry Judd wrote: >>> I've been looking at the FAQs, and in particular this question... >>> >>> Can you give me some examples of where I do and don't need a commercial >>> license? >>> >>> ... and I'm still not exactly clear on where I stand. >>> >>> My situation is that I am distributing apps to students within my >>> institution using an iOS Enterprise Developer license. The apps are hosted >>> on one of our sites and are can be downloaded by anyone but they will only >>> work for our students as they require users to logon securely through the >>> uni's authentication system. I've been distributing these up to now using a >>> commercial license but I'm wondering whether this is necessary. The >>> pertinent question seems to be - do I need to distribute the source code to >>> students to be within the terms of the community license? >> >> I have a feeling that you have to make the source code available NOT only to >> the students in your institution, but to anyone who downloads your apps; >> whether they have a logon account or not. > I suspect you're right. > >> This means that other institutions could pinch your app. >> >> If this fusses you, you have to buy the commercial version. > > I'm about to renew anyway but was curious about what my obligations were. > > Cheers, > > Terry... >> >> Richmond. >> >>> Terry... >>> >>> Dr Terry Judd >>> Senior Lecturer in Medical Education >>> Medical Education Unit >>> Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences >>> The University of Melbourne >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
