For Approval: Socialtext Public License ("STPL")

Ken Arromdee arromdee at rahul.net
Sat Mar 10 17:25:21 UTC 2007


On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> > But it said the "covered code" what if I want to re-purpose part of it
> > as a non-network app..
> > It does not make provision for a non-network app.
> 
> Yes, it does.  I already described this in a previous email.  It says
> source only has to be offered to "all users interacting with the
> Contributor Version through a computer network".  If there aren't any,
> then no source has to be offered.

What if you want to repurpose it in, say, code which runs at a bank and sends
information to an ATM?  The ATM and bank computer are part of a computer
network.  Must you provide a way to send the source to the ATM?




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