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 More options May 7, 9:09 am
From: modius <mod...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 06:09:02 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, May 7 2008 9:09 am
Subject: Re: FarCry License Changes
I am not a lawyer this is not legal advice -- I will put this at the
top of every post :)

On May 7, 10:00 pm, Matthew Williams <webmas...@geodesicgrafx.com>
wrote:

> Quick scenario.  Most of the FarCry installs that I'll do will likely be
> to a shared server that is owned by the person that contracted me out as
> a developer.  The owner hosts the sites to the customers that he
> contracts to.  I have created my FarCry site on this server with the
> presumption being we'll be adding more clients as time goes on.  If we
> provide the source code to the end customer, would this satisfy the
> wording of the GPL?  That would seem satisfy making the programs changes
> available to the end users.  If that's what it would take to comply with
> the license, that doesn't seem to be as big a deal as releasing the
> source into the entirety of the public domain.

Firstly, if the client purchased a Commercial license they'd have no
headaches, and any other options attached to the license such as
support and prioritised bug fixing etc.

But if they want to go GPL all the way then my understanding is that
as long as their modifications are private to the one organisation,
they are not obliged to do anything. Even if their application is
hosted.  Its worth noting that GPL FAQ has an odd clause about not
being able to rent a GPL application as it imposes an additional
restriction -- however, your client might simply be offering paid
hosting and a free application ;)

-- geoff
http://www.daemon.com.au/


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