Bazaar Licenses

[Forest Bond]

Hi Sean,

[Be sure to Cc the list on your replies.]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 02:00:25PM -0600, Usher, Sean (Sean) wrote:
> They way I understand it is that if we are to alter the software to
> include proprietary code we may, at some future date, be forced to
> release that code to the public.

If you distribute Bazaar itself you would be required to provide source code to
the parties you are distributing it to (*not* the general public, unless you
distribute publicly -- i.e. put it on your web site for download).

Do you plan on making changes to Bazaar, or are you just planning on using it
in-house?  If you only plan on using Bazaar to work on your own in-house code,
the GPL does not restrict you in any way.  The GPL primarily governs
distribution of the GPL-covered code (Bazaar, in this case).

Thanks,
Forest

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forest Bond [mailto:forest at alittletooquiet.net] 
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:56 PM
> To: Usher, Sean (Sean)
> Cc: bazaar at lists.canonical.com
> Subject: Re: Bazaar Licenses
> 
> Hi Sean,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 01:33:31PM -0600, Usher, Sean (Sean) wrote:
> > My company is wanting to use Bazaar, but our legal team likes us to
> stay away
> > from GPL.  I saw that Bazaar will license under different licenses,
> and I was
> > unsure if that meant different versions of GPL, or if a completely
> different
> > license was negotiable.  If anyone has information on this I would
> appreciate
> > it.  I tried speaking with Cononical awhile back, but they were unable
> to give
> > me this information.
> 
> Out of curiosity, do you know what specific concerns your legal
> department has
> with GPL licensing?
> 
> Thanks,
> Forest
> -- 
> Forest Bond
> http://www.alittletooquiet.net
> http://www.pytagsfs.org
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