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- From: Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>
- To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] use for software
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:16:43 +0100
Tom Hosiawa wrote:
That is basically what I'm looking for. I've read stuff about the GPL
and people just saying it doesn't affect web apps, but I've never read
a good argument on how it doesn't.
Under the GPL, you only have to provide your source code when you distribute the compiled application publicly.
Making a web application available through a server does not count as distributing the compiled application publicly, because the compiled application isn't actually downloaded by anyone.
So this is a loophole. You can take GPL code, modify it extensively, use it in a public way but not have to provide your modified source.
GPL 3 is going to tackle this, although no-one knows quite how yet.
- Rob.
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[cc-licenses] use for software,
Tom Hosiawa, 08/22/2005
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Re: [cc-licenses] use for software,
Evan Prodromou, 08/22/2005
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Re: [cc-licenses] use for software,
Mike Linksvayer, 08/22/2005
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Re: [cc-licenses] use for software,
Tom Hosiawa, 08/22/2005
- Re: [cc-licenses] use for software, Rob Myers, 08/23/2005
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Re: [cc-licenses] use for software,
Bjorn Wijers, 08/23/2005
- Re: [cc-licenses] use for software, Rob Myers, 08/23/2005
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Re: [cc-licenses] use for software,
drew Roberts, 08/23/2005
- Re: [cc-licenses] use for software, Tom Hosiawa, 08/23/2005
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Re: [cc-licenses] use for software,
Tom Hosiawa, 08/22/2005
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Re: [cc-licenses] use for software,
Mike Linksvayer, 08/22/2005
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Re: [cc-licenses] use for software,
Evan Prodromou, 08/22/2005
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