Re: GPL and inhouse use?

[David Kastrup]

Merijn de Weerd <merijn+nospam@realemail.net> writes:

> On 2006-05-16, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Merijn de Weerd <merijn+nospam@realemail.net> writes:
>>> Right now the GPL makes a distinction for in-house code. Only
>>> if you distribute binaries do you have to share the source. I
>>> was just saying that that should change: also in-house code
>>> should be shared, once it's out of testing.
>>
>> Why should that change?
>
> Web services are going to replace software distributed on media.
> If anyone can use GPL software to offer a service to the public
> without having to share modifications, that blows free software
> right out of the water.

"To the public" is not "internal use".

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