Martin Christensen wrote: > >>>>> "Ben" == Ben Sizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben> Unfortunately, that doesn't really satisfy the GPL's concerns. > Ben> The work arguably "contains or is derived from" Karrigell, which > Ben> is explicitly covered in section 2b of the GPL. If you start > Ben> excluding key clauses from the GPL, then there's little point > Ben> using it. > > You will also notice that section 2b of the GPL only applies to works > that are published or distributed, and if a company bases its web site > on Karrigell or any other GPL'ed web framework but does not share the > code with anyone, it cannot be considered to be published nor > distributed. Hence the GPL is a perfectly fine license for this kind > of use.
You're right, but, Kent said earlier in the thread that "Most of my projects at least have the potential of being distributed to customers and GPL is not an option." I was addressing this concern specifically. -- Ben Sizer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list