From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,faf964ea4531e6af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,43ae7f61992b3213 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: Robert Dewar Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software Date: 1999/05/06 Message-ID: <7gsrh4$g6c$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 474848962 References: <7fibd5$jc7$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net> <1rlV2.97$jw4.11389@burlma1-snr2> <7g5cb2$bjn$1@netnews.upenn.edu> <37264DE6.7AA43E60@noah.dhs.org> <7g5qgg$n7t@www.inetnow.net> <372753FF.11F381CF@noah.dhs.org> <7g7ul9$tib$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <3727B37D.A4A5192E@noah.dhs.org> <7g9rh5$h5a$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x15.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.31 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu May 06 19:45:42 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.51 [en] (WinNT; U) Date: 1999-05-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , Robert A Duff wrote: > Wouldn't this reasoning apply within a *single* company, too? Because > the single company developing the super-secret chip presumably has > employees, and very well might want to both (1) let them see the derived > work, and (2) forbid them from telling secrets. In other words, > counting both the company and its employees, there are always going to > be two or more legal entities involved. No, the company employees in this situation are part of the single entity. This is the same principle that allows a company to sign an NDA that is binding on all its employees without them having to sign specifically. Giving a copy of GPL'ed software to one of your employees is not distribution within the meaning of the GPL. -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own