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Subject: Re: email copy, Legal details

Author: Pedro Gomes

Date: 07:09:27 08/09/05

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On August 09, 2005 at 07:04:44, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On August 09, 2005 at 06:31:46, Günther Simon wrote:
>
>>On August 09, 2005 at 06:23:46, Karl-Heinz Söntges wrote:
>>
>>>COPY
>>>
>>>email Gaksch ./. Letouzey and Söntges
>>>
>>>Hi Fabien,
>>>
>>>i sent mr. söntges a prerelease version for a last test. at the moment i test
>>>only the value of two parameters and will distribute the version on saturday. (I
>>>hope alex ist not on holidays). then i also add some comments to the readme
>>>file.
>>>
>>>please do not attack mr. söntges in the ccc forum.
>>>
>>>you know that mailing an open source program like i did is GPL conform. there is
>>>no must to distribute beta versions. i have done this because i didn?t want to
>>>quarrel.
>>>
>>>regards
>>>Thomas
>>>
>>
>>You still seem not to understand? Just keep the results for the 'beta',
>>instead of posting them around! YOUR posting of results of such a 'beta'
>>starts the conflict with GPL.
>
>That is quite simply not true.
>
>As far as I understand it is legal for Thomas to:
>
>a) send testers private copies of Toga
>b) have these testers post results
>c) not publish the source himself
>
>He is however required to give testers the source, but these testers are not
>required to publish it.
>
>--
>GCP


Does it mean you intend to use Fruit´s code in your commercial project, without
publishing your code ?
Does it mean you are already doing it ?

H F Pedro



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