Re: [ossig] CA open-sources Ingres database - News & Technology -CNETAsia

[Dinesh Nair <dinesh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 27 May 2004, Kenneth Wong wrote:

> Google sometimes installs in the client's facilities. In this case, the
> client has physical possession of the binaries but not legal possession
> (appliance and contents is still property of Google). GPL kicks in when
> client has possession of binaries but did FSF mean physical possession
> or legal possession?

true, but google would need to allow the client a Right to Use the
software on that appliance. that right to use is a license to use.

> Once again, not settled in a court of law and therefore murky. We can

as always. but on this, i'd think that the malaysian courts are a little
clueless on this. i'd hate to see such a landmark case being tried for the
first time in our justice system. the results may be really not what we
think it would be.

Regards,                           /\_/\   "All dogs go to heaven."
dinesh@alphaque.com                (0 0)    http://www.alphaque.com/
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