Re:Mailpile Chooses AGPL v3
by belorn on Friday July 03, 2015 @09:11AM
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The clause 2 permits you to add terms that prohibit the contractors from making any copies. While technically, a contractor could request the source code by clause 13, it do not conflict with the contractually term that they have which says they are not allowed to make copies.
DannyBee said the word "access", and technically that would then be "read only" access. While I could conceive a situation in which a disgruntled contractor plus the original author could in theory make a case, read-only access is a odd thing to create a court case around and a judge decision could really go anywhere. I don't think anyone would be willing to test it or feel that the court costs would be worth paying for the privilege.
DannyBee said the word "access", and technically that would then be "read only" access. While I could conceive a situation in which a disgruntled contractor plus the original author could in theory make a case, read-only access is a odd thing to create a court case around and a judge decision could really go anywhere. I don't think anyone would be willing to test it or feel that the court costs would be worth paying for the privilege.