Hi there,
one idea came to my mind (not exactly from nowhere, but this doesn't
matter for now)
say you write some piece of software and publish it under the GNU
GPL license.
say some company (A) enhances your software, install the new
combined product on a server appliance, and put the server appliance
at a third party company (B, its client), but DOESN'T SELL the
server appliance to B. Instead of selling it, A is still the full
owner of server appliance, which is installed at B's location only
as part of a support contract.
A DOESN'T WANT TO deliver full source code of the combined product
to B under the terms of the GNU GPL.
Question : does company A violate the GPL or not by not distributing
full source code under the terms of the GPL to B ?
(Of course I understand that A is not required to distribute full
source code to the general public or even to you as principal author
of the original software)
Thanks in advance for any clarification
Jerome Alet