GPL question

[Dave Cramer]

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Alejandro Imass <aimass-EzYyMjUkBrFWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson <chris-E7bvbYbpR6jSUeElwK9/Pw at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Jan 2013, Scott Allen wrote:
> >
> >> On 7 January 2013 08:06, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> While I'm no expert, my understanding is if they use the device only
> >>> internally no.  If they sell it, yes.
> >>
> >>
> >> And, I believe, they only have to provide GPL'ed source to people who
> >> buy, or otherwise legally use, the product (but there's nothing
> >> stopping the user from redistributing the source).
> >
> >
> >    If you distribute (give, sell, post on the WWW, etc.) the binary,
> >    modified or not, you must also make the source available.
> >
>
> Absolutely, even if it's embedded in hardware. E.g. Sony has some DVD
> players that include the GPL license in the user's manual and
> instructions on how to request the software.
>
> With GPL 2.x technically, you don't have to distribute the sources
> bundled with the binary. You just have to make a prominent notice (a
> README or LICENSE file would suffice) and make them available upon
> request, possibly charging a small fee for the cost of distribution.
> I.e. you don't have to make it available on-line. You can perfectly
> charge a small fee to burn and ship a CD with the source code and have
> the requestor pay the shipping and handling.
>
> With GPL 3.x, if using the Affero variant, then even if the software
> is used in a saas model over a network, enhancements to that software
> must be made available upon request from a user. Even though it was
> targeted for SaaS, I think GNU AGPLv3 also triggers strong copyleft
> even if the software is only used in-house but I am not entirely sure
> of this (who is the user in this case, the employees??).
>
>
>
When you say binary are we talking the proprietary code or just the GPL
code ?

Dave
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