Which distro for the enterprise now?

On Feb 5, 2004, at 7:04 PM, Thomas Cameron wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Gehlker" <chris@GCCodeFactory.biz>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> 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
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic>