Which distro for the enterprise now?

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Author: Thomas Cameron
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Subject: Which distro for the enterprise now?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Gehlker" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: Which distro for the enterprise now?


> >
> > 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>



It means exactly what I thought it meant. If you release (i.e. publicly) a
modified version, you have to release the source for the modification as
well. Private use is not covered here. But private use typically neither
harms nor aids the F/OSS community.

Thomas