[Qt-interest] LGPL compliance poll

[Thiago Macieira]

Em Segunda-feira 04 Outubro 2010, às 13:46:20, Kustaa Nyholm escreveu:
> > The right hand moving stuff to the left hand doesn't count as licensing.
> 
> If you are referring to distributing within a company this is not clear cut
> in my view.

The position of the FSF is that within one company, there occurs no 
distribution. The GPLv3 invents the term "convey" to explicitly mean what they 
want it to mean: the passing of the code from one entity to the next. They are 
also explicit about contractors: if a contractor is working for hire for a 
company, there occurs no conveyance and the contractor retains no rights under 
the GPLv3 to the code.

But you're right: it's not clear cut. If you want to use the GPLv2, you should 
consult your lawyer to see if you've got the law backing you enough. (you can 
never be 100% sure)

You can find Nokia's position by watching the video from our legal counsel on 
the downloads page as well as her slides from Developer Days 2009. I won't try 
to interpret them for you here. And remember that this is just the untested 
position of the company -- whether it holds in court or not depends on, well, 
going to court.

PS: this "needs to be tested in court" is not universal. It applies to Common 
Law systems like those in the US and the UK. Other countries adopt a different 
mechanism where you can be reasonably sure of what the law means without 
testing in court first, or not being sure that a second test will yield the 
same result.

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