Re: [computer-go] future KGS Computer Go Tournaments - two sections?

[Aidan Karley <aidan_karley@xxxxxxx>]

In article <E1DWEBS-00060e-5x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bump wrote:
> I don't think GPL2
> requires them to release their source code (unless they decide to
> sell their program) but GPL3 might.
>
       I'm pretty sure that you're wrong. Sell or no-sel is not an 
issue. If it is distributed and it's based on GPL'd code, then the 
derived work *must* have source available for inspection (and 
potentially, re-use). It's not quite clear (to me) if undistributed 
modification must be made available too, but if your modification is 
only available on your machine (or in your development lab), then it's 
a bit moot.
       In practice, most people are developing applications that they 
intend to distribute in some shape or form, so once the internal 
development/ testing is over and the application goes public, there is 
no question that they've got to release any GPL'd code. There has been 
a question over cases where people run an application on their own 
in-house hardware, but make the results of that application available 
over the Internet - since the program itself is not distributed, only 
the results, should modified GPL'd code be made available? I would 
guess that Go servers might well fall into this category. 
-- 
 Aidan Karley,
 Aberdeen, Scotland,
 Location: 57°10' N,  02°09'  W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
 Written at Fri, 13 May 2005 10:55 +0100


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