Ciaran O'Riordan <ciaran@...> wrote:
"David Gerard" <dgerard@...> writes:
But if you use it on a publicly accessible website, you have to do extra things.
You have to do extra things because you made the software publicly available.
Putting it on a server for others isn't a "use" by you any more than putting a CD of the software in somebody elses hands is.
Would it be acceptable for a free software licence to require that the web browsers or word processors on my laptop always have a "download source" control which always works for the user?
That would certainly stop me letting people borrow my browser for a few minutes on the train to check their connections... "wait a mo, you're legally required to let it burn me a source CD".
Regards,