Toward Copyleft Equality for All

Re:Toward Copyleft Equality for All by int_19h on Monday January 20, 2020 @05:53PM (#22102739)

If this story is true, it definitely sounds shady to me:

"This problem became clear to me in mid-2003 when MySQL AB attempted to hire me as a consultant. I was financially in need of supplementary income so I seriously considered taking the work, but the initial conference call felt surreal and convinced me that MySQL AB was engaging in problematic behavior . Specifically, their goal was to develop scare tactics regarding the GPLv2."

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Re:Toward Copyleft Equality for All by PeterZaitsev on Monday January 20, 2020 @06:10PM (#22102836)

I think this refers to the attempt of MySQL AB to invent "internal distribution" so where if you have proprietary software which you might be distributing from one department to another in the same company you can't do that with GPL2 and need to buy the proprietary version

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Re:Toward Copyleft Equality for All by singron on Monday January 20, 2020 @06:43PM (#22103023)

I always wondered if an employee could make a GPL source request to their employer. Is there any more reading about any of these events or legal theory? I'm having difficulty Googling this.

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Re:Toward Copyleft Equality for All by GoblinSlayer on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:39AM (#22105497)

No, GPL opts out from such distribution channels. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#InternalDistributi...

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