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Re:An Unbelievable Demo by cowsandmilk on Friday June 04, 2021 @09:44PM (#27401174)
Company A writes library with commercial license.

Company B uses that library and a GPL library in a product. They distribute the product.

Company B has no right to relive se Company A’s commercially licensed library under the GPL. Hence, stop distribution and replace GPL library.

Re:An Unbelievable Demo by Aachen on Sunday June 06, 2021 @07:52PM (#27417488)
See:

> ... since there is no mention of other claims or parties to the mix [like company A]. That means the company [B] owns the copyright to the added code and is free to comply with the contract (license).

I'm also not sure whether the confidentiality clause would weigh heavier than a 'must provide source on request' clause, perhaps it could be resolved by not distributing the part that's covered by the confidentiality clause since another standalone library is clearly not a derivative work of the GPL-licensed library. Then only B has to distribute what they made for everyone's benefit.