On Feb 5, 2004, at 7:04 PM, Thomas Cameron wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Gehlker" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:46 PM > Subject: Re: Which distro for the enterprise now? > > >> On Feb 3, 2004, at 1:08 PM, Craig White wrote: >> >>> Clearly >>> the GPL license was written in contemplation of the fact that this >>> is a >>> capitalistic society and that the code would not become the >>> provincial >>> domain of any corporation, large or small, public, private or >>> non-profit, but would be available for use, study and modification. >> >> But the GPL allows exactly that the code can become "the provincial >> domain of any corporation , large or small, public, private or >> non-profit" or any other organization. > > Um, how? > >> So to set the record straight, the GPL imposes *no* obligations on any >> corporate entity to make derived programs available for use, study or >> modification no matter how widely those programs my be deployed. > > Hrm. That's not what section 2 says: > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one confused by this. That section doesn't mean what you think it means. See