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> If I have a factory, and my line workers use terminals that talks to my central server, do I have to provide them with a copy of my source code? No, and the
by belorn 7y ago
> If I have a factory, and my line workers use terminals that talks to my central server, do I have to provide them with a copy of my source code?
No, and the FAQ for AGPL (http://www.affero.org/oagf.html http://www.affero.org/oagf.html) explains that AGPL and GPL works identical in this matter. Organization that just makes the copies for itself is not distributing, and as such not bound by the conditions for distributing (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#InternalDistribution https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#InternalDistrib...).
> If I own a store that has price scanners that check a central database
> If I have an airline that contains in-flight entertainment units
Grey zones. It depend on copyright law. All interaction with copyrighted material is not distribution. I can look at a building without the architect being owned money. I should be able to sleep in a hotel without the architect having a copyright claim. Can I take a photo? That is debated. Can I buy and sell the building? maybe.
I would personally think that a price scanner is not conveying the work of internal workings of the store, but a agpl game in an in-flight entertainment units is conveying copies of the art to passengers just like a movie.
Ask a lawyer and the answer should be "it depend", just like any other legal area which does not have clear bright lines.