On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 06:17:18PM -0000, Ralf Senderek wrote: > > It's not really clear how the additional sentence modifies "these > > requirements". > > It does not modify "these requirements" at all. It states, that there are no exceptions > to providing source code to the user in every case. (SaaS is only one example) The "requirements" are said to be about "redistribution" so it seems to be a clarification about what "redistribution" means. It would be helpful to know what other than conventional redistribution and "running in a SaaS configuration" would trigger the source code requirement. > > I suppose it suggests that the author equates "running > > in a SaaS configuration" as equivalent to "redistribution". This > > degree of restrictiveness is difficult to reconcile with either GPLv2 > > or GPLv3. > > There is no restrictiveness with respect to using the software, if source code is provided to the > user. Possibly, but even if the license is free it might still be GPL-incompatible. Richard _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
