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- 1Well, part of the key here is that the GPL family is a distribution license, not a use license like an EULA is. If your customer intended to redistribute the software to third parties, they'd be on the hook for GPL license compliance. If they simply contracted you to produce software, then there's no problem. This is how large corporations like Google "get away" with heavily modifying Open Source code to run their servers internally: they aren't distributing it, so it doesn't have to be made available.Bacon Bits– Bacon Bits2014-10-28 19:45:20 +00:00Commented Oct 28, 2014 at 19:45
- @BaconBits - Note that the original question also talks about AGPL, which was specifically designed to prevent a service based on the code being used without release of the source code.Mark Booth– Mark Booth2014-10-30 10:59:07 +00:00Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 10:59
- @MarkBooth That's true. I should have been more clear.Bacon Bits– Bacon Bits2014-10-30 13:03:31 +00:00Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 13:03
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