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Did Goldman Sachs developer steal open source software?
- mseebach 17y agoLong story short: no-one knows what happened. The gist: "To the extent that the identical code was available elsewhere, he used poor judgment taking the code from a Goldman Sachs server. To the extent he took any altered code based on open-source code that Goldman Sachs had not already contributed back to the project, I see no reason why this would not run afoul of his contractual obligations to Goldman Sachs, just as would normal proprietary code." One might be inclined to think, however, that it's the latter case, and this is all a storm in a teacup over the percieved backwardness of even being able to steal GPL code.
- sokoloff 17y agoGPL doesn't require you to share the source code or changes with the world. It only requires you to share the source with those people to whom you give the binaries. That's a common misunderstanding. You can take GPL code and base your entire proprietary system around it, including making changes to it, and as long as you only run that system (SaaS or in-house) and do not distribute the binaries, you don't have to share the source with anyone.