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This is a common misconception. They don't have to release them under GPL if they don't distribute the modified version. With SaaS, this is in practice true for
by senko 10y ago
This is a common misconception. They don't have to release them under GPL if they don't distribute the modified version. With SaaS, this is in practice true for any server side code that remains private to the company. Affero GPL addresses this but I haven't seen it much in the wild.
- match 10y agoAlso because of this many SaaS and IaaS companies do not permit the use of OSS where the license requires them to release their source.