On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 12:38 +0200, Kinkie wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:30 AM, S.KOBAYASHI <kobayashi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello guys, > > > > I know that great squid is protected by GPL v2. > > In hypothetic situation, if I distribute the squid binary as appliance > > server to customer to get earn some profits, will I be supposed to hand in > > the source code. > > Yes. > The "profits" part is not really relevant (the same provisions also > apply if you distribute squid for free). > What's relevant is if you distribute squid in any way or form. In that > case you need to distribute (or offer to distribute at a nominal fee) > the source code for squid, including any code you added to it yourself > (due to the wording of the GPL, authentication and authorization > helpers are not covered and so the offer need not apply to them, but > static and dynamic libraries are covered) If you are serious about this _and_ want to hide some appliance source code, then you should not rely on answers from this or any other non-legally binding forum. Besides the basics, many folks have different opinion on what GPL really means (e.g., I am sure some will disagree with or at least clarify parts of the above response). HTH, Alex.
