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

[Kenneth Wong <ken@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 27 May 2004 11:49, Dinesh Nair wrote:
> 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.

Right to use the software is not the same as possession of the binary. 
The GPL is pretty specific - it's the possession of the object 
code/binary that triggers its share-alike clause, not usage of the 
software.

That's why ISPs using GPL software don't have to give away source code 
or their own modifications to them, even though the user may be using 
GPL software. 

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Kenneth Wong
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