I thought the gpl3 closed the asp loophole. Maybe it was a very early draft version that has since been modified.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Brian Pitts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@polibyte.com">brian@polibyte.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 21:35 -0500, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> I was just thinking about google and the gpl. We all know that google<br>
> wouldn't be able to run were it not for Linux. We all also know they<br>
> use a ton of Linux stuff and don't _have_ to release their<br>
> modifications as they are in that special grey area of _using_ the<br>
> code and not distributing the code. They only show the output of the<br>
> code.<br>
><br>
> In fact, it was just this sort of application service providor not<br>
> giving back that led to the GPL v. 3. (yes, google does give back in<br>
> other ways but not the stuff they code for their applications,<br>
> machines, etc)<br>
<br>
</div>Huh? The GPLv3 leaves the ASP loophole open. Perhaps you're thinking of<br>
the GNU Affero General Public License version 3, which says<br>
<br>
"Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, if you modify the<br>
Program, your modified version must prominently offer all users<br>
interacting with it remotely through a computer network (if your version<br>
supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the Corresponding<br>
Source of your version by providing access to the Corresponding Source<br>
from a network server at no charge, through some standard or customary<br>
means of facilitating copying of software. This Corresponding Source<br>
shall include the Corresponding Source for any work covered by version 3<br>
of the GNU General Public License that is incorporated pursuant to the<br>
following paragraph."<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
-Brian<br>
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