From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Dautrevaux@microprocess.com
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: GPL and NDA
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:38:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200107201938.NAA01478@wijiji.santafe.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17B78BDF120BD411B70100500422FC6309E2F4@IIS000>
Is this true even if the code is distributed to the people with wich the NDA
was originally signed? I mean the following scenario:
Company A provides, under an NDA, information to company B.
Using this information, B develop, based on some GPLed code,
a program for A.
B then distribute this program (which IS GPLed) to A, but is
prohibited to distribute it to anybody else (due to the NDA).
This is permitted, because no GPL-covered code is ever distributed
under an NDA in this scenario. The code developed by B is distributed
only to A, and A is not placed under any NDA obligations.
I have put this in the GPL FAQ.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-20 12:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-19 23:28 Bernard Dautrevaux
2001-07-20 6:36 ` Carlo Wood
2001-07-20 11:08 ` Joern Rennecke
2001-07-21 0:48 ` Chris Sloan
2001-07-20 8:17 ` GPL and NDA Q:what defines an "organization" Robert E. Hartley
2001-07-20 8:31 ` DJ Delorie
2001-07-20 12:38 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-07-21 11:46 GPL and NDA dewar
2001-07-21 11:42 dewar
2001-07-21 4:51 dewar
2001-07-21 8:53 ` Randy Kramer
2001-07-21 9:40 ` Carlo Wood
2001-07-20 14:38 dewar
2001-07-20 8:36 Julian Hall
2001-07-19 4:07 Richard Stallman
2001-07-19 9:13 ` Mark Mitchell
2001-07-19 20:00 ` Richard Stallman
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