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List:       userlinux-discuss
Subject:    Re: [Discuss] ISV's and Licensing
From:       rahul <rahulsundaram () yahoo ! co ! in>
Date:       2003-12-12 23:37:02
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Hi

> 
>Exactly. And since those companies will develop mostly (like 90% of the
>software developed in the world) software for inhouse use, they can use
>QT/GPL without paying a buck or releasing anything since the GPL doesn't
>force you to release your modifications if the software is not
>distributed (and RMS has stated several times that inhouse development
>and deploying inside a company is not considered "distribution").
>  
>

Yes. very important point worth considering. The GPL applies only when 
you are a distributor. As a user you dont even need to accept GPL. It 
says so right within the license itself in claus 5.

Rahul Sundaram

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