Boston Linux & Unix (BLU) Home | Calendar | Mail Lists | List Archives | Desktop SIG | Hardware Hacking SIG
Wiki | Flickr | PicasaWeb | Video | Maps & Directions | Installfests | Keysignings
Linux Cafe | Meeting Notes | Linux Links | Bling | About BLU

BLU Discuss list archive


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

JBoss aquired by Red Hat



> It is the FSF's position that *distribution* of GPLed code under an NDA is
> prohibited by GPL because the NDA would impose a further restriction
> on redistribution.[1]
> 
> What you *may* do, *according to the FSF*, is agree to work with or on a
> GPLed program under an NDA in conditions in which you are not receiving
> or making distributions....
> 
> As a personal observation: I think the FSF is dead wrong here.

I would assume that this loophole exists because the GPL is a unilateral 
waiver of some of the author's rights under copyright law, and as long 
as the recipient of a program does nothing to *copy* it, the author has 
no leverage.

(You could attach non-copyright-related conditions by distributing the 
program with a click-wrap license, but then enforcing the license 
becomes a matter of contract law rather than copyright law.)




BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
We also thank MIT for the use of their facilities.

Valid HTML 4.01! Valid CSS!



Boston Linux & Unix / webmaster@blu.org