Re: scope of linux in the corporates...

I wrote:
But note that if the software is not distributed outside the company the
source need not be made available to anyone.

David Schwartz writes:

I don't see why that would be true. As I read the GPL (and you must
comply with the GPL to acquire the right to create a derivative work),
anyone who gets the binary is entitled to the source...

Anyone who owns a copy of the binary is entitled to the source. You do not
own a copy that your employer issued to you to do your work with any more
than you own the computer he issued you.

But you can't stop people who you do distribute the binary to from
obtaining the source and then distributing that to someone else.

Allowing your employee to use one of your copies for his work is not
distribution.
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John Hasler
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Elmwood, WI USA
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