Must publish vs. must supply

[John Cowan]

Abe Kornelis scripsit:

>       Not wanting to compromise
>       the relation with their software supplier being one fairly
>       good reason, habitual secretiveness another one,
>       and avoiding to be seen as untrustworthy or undependable
>       by their own customers as yet another (very good)
>       reason for that. Thus, a selected group effectively
>       does not really differ from a closed group.

In a purely commercial environment, perhaps not.  People do, in fact, pass
software to their friends in utter disregard for any licensing features,
however.

> --> That would all be quite ok, except that I would like to see
>        any changes that are distributed at all being made available
>        to the public. How this is to be done, is a choice you can
>        make yourself - either hand it to me or publish it on the web.

I would like to see it too.  The question you must ask yourself is
whether you feel strongly enough about it to be willing to use legal
force to compel that result.

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