Re: DRAFT: debian-legal summary of the QPL
Matthew Garrett said on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:02:34AM +0100,:
> Nathaneal Nerode wrote:
>
> >If the user is really doing stuff privately -- just for himself! -- and
> >happens to talk about it, he certainly shouldn't be forced to distribute it
> >before he's ready! This is no issue at all.
>
> Am I reading a different license here? The copy of the QPL at
> http://www.trolltech.com/licenses/qpl.html says:
<snip>
> So if the developer is just doing it for himself, then the clause
> doesn't apply.
Let's go through this again:-
`These items, when distributed, are subject ..'
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
and
`If the items are not available to the general public, '
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Something can be distributed without making the whole thing available
to the public.
GPL does not force you to give the modifications to the big bad
world. QPL does not either. Some licenses do.
QPL just insists that the copyright holder can insist that the
modifier/ person who created a dependent work provide sources of _his_
work. Even if the new work is only depending on the QPL'ed
software. It need not be even a derivative.
--
Mahesh T. Pai <<>> http://paivakil.port5.com
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