Re: [Fsfe-uk] Free software jobs

[Alex Hudson]

On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 11:20 +0000, Paul Waring wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 10:26:02AM +0000, Jon Grant wrote:
> > I myself work with GNU+Linux, but typically clients wish to keep
> > software developed closed.. although if a product containing GPL
> > software is only rented or leased to consumers by a client, do they
> > have to offer them source code anyway? They may only have the product
> > for a few weeks/months.
> 
> I'm pretty sure if the clients have the binaries containing compiled GPL
> code for any length of time then you have to give them the source code
> as well.

You have to at least give them an offer to the source, but you don't
have to give them the source unless they ask (which I would imagine they
wouldn't).

Cheers,

Alex.