[ILUG] GPL and non-disclosure agreements

[John P. Looney]

On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 01:30:39PM +0100, Fergal Daly mentioned:
> At 13:23 17/05/00, David Murphy wrote:
> >Quoting <200005171129.MAA22390 at callisto.netnoteinc.com>
> >by Justin Mason <jm at jmason.org>:
> >
> > > Also, if the software's license is GPL or similar, you have no
> > > choice ;)
> >
> >No, if it's for internal use only, they aren't distributing a modified
> >version, and are therefore not required to make their changes
> >available.
> 
> The interesting question is, has it been "distributed" to an employee who 
> uses it, if so there is no nothing the company can do prevent that employee 
> passing it on and passing on the source code,

 If you recieve anything that's derived from LGPL code, you have the legal
right to demand the person that has given you the modified code to give
you a copy of the original LGPL'd work; that's all.

 If it's strong-GPL'd, then they have to provide you with the complete
source code.

Kate

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