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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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