Posted by J.O. Aho on 02/13/06 02:27

J wrote:

> All I want to do is use php (and pear), apache, and mysql to make a single
> table available in a web browser for searching and editing.. Is there a
> simple checklist of things I have to do to be compliant? Make sure the
> source is available.. What else?

The code has to be available either directly released on a webpage or it can
be requested from you via a valid e-mail, that is what is required of the GPL.
If you have code written by someone else you need to include credits to that
person and mark out what you have used of that work.


> Can't charge for the code, just support - so - installation? research?
> design? Is there a distinction between development labor and selling the
> finished product to a second etc client?

Support: Installation, configuration, patching help...

Of course company can hire a person to make an GPL project for them, but in
that case the company would be the owner of the GPL code and could in the
future to decide to change license form if there is no code that taint the
source with GPL. You can still maintain a for of the original project, but
think you still should post your patches to the company as they are the owner
of the code.


//Aho

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