----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony" <[email protected]>
> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Aryeh Gregor > <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can still link it with proprietary code as long as you don't > > distribute the result, so it would be fine for research projects or > > similar that rely on proprietary components. > > What happens if one of your employees or volunteers distributes the > result? I don't believe there's any GPL caselaw on "span of adminstrative control". > > You can always *use* GPLd code however you like. > > Does "use" include "prepare a derivative work"? As long as you don't distribute it, sure. The GPL was, is, and will always be *a license to distribute*. GPL doesn't even forbid you to modify and make available as a web app; you need to release under AGPL if you want to restrict that. > > If you want to *distribute* proprietary > > (or otherwise GPL-incompatible) code that depends on my volunteer > > contributions, I'm happy to tell you to go jump off a bridge. > > Copyright law gives the author an exclusive right to *prepare* > derivative works, not just to *distribute* derivative works. What in > the GPL gives you permission to prepare a proprietary derivative work > which you do not distribute? Citation? Note that such a citation must take into account whether there's any *use* in so doing in a non-computer-code environment. Cheers, -- jra _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
