Author: Robert Allgeuer
Date: 05:29:49 08/18/05
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Whether something is in alpha, beta, release or whatever status is immaterial to the licence, it applies nevertheless. Sending a beta to a tester is a distibution. The key is that beta testers cannot be _forced_ to redistribute further, although they do have the _right_ to redistribute (under certain conditions, as determined by the GPL). Beta testers also cannot be _hindered_ to redistribute. It follows that under the GPL it is impossible to send "private" versions to a tester, the beta tester is always free to put these "private" beta versions on his web page if he wants to ... It may of course have been the last beta he has received. A team of testers and authors can of course decide not to distribute outside their group any test versions before a defined release, but this is solely based on mutual agreement within this team. Robert
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