"TC" == Tim Cook <twcook@iswt.com> writes:
TC> Danny William Adair wrote: >> Hi all! >> >> Now Nils and Oleg are giving me the creeps. Is it not possible >> to take a few GPLed Zope products, add your own effort of >> configuring, integrating, building, (re-)designing, and even >> documenting the outcome of your efforts and - ___sell___ this? >> Maybe not only to _one_ customer, but burn a CD and sell it to >> _a couple_ of customers? >> TC> Yes, you can. BUT, you must make the source code available. And before we get too far -- Source code available to the recipient means just that. They (the recipient) have it available to them. That doesn't necessarily mean that you ship it, but that it is available to them. And that definitely doesn't mean "available to the world". Though, this whole argument is sort of silly, given that we are talking about extensions to an "open source platform" to begin with, so that sales based on services make more sense than shrinkwarp'd (sic) EULA-code.. best, -tony -- A.J. Rossini Rsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics BlindGlobe Networks (home/default) rossini@blindglobe.net UW Biostat/Center for AIDS Research rossini@u.washington.edu FHCRC/SCHARP/HIV Vaccine Trials Net rossini@scharp.org FHCRC: M/Tu: 206-667-7025 (fax=4812) | Voicemail is pretty sketchy CFAR: W/F: 206-731-3647 (fax=3694) | Email is far better than phone UW: Th/F: 206-543-1044 (fax=3286) | Change last 4 digits of phone for fax