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Re: GPL and NDA Q:what defines an "organization"
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, rhartley at ics dot com
- Subject: Re: GPL and NDA Q:what defines an "organization"
- From: dewar at gnat dot com
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:42:44 -0400 (EDT)
<<Does this infer that a mean spirited group could setup their own "Organization
of Nasty People Who Do Not Like the GPL", and operating in bad faith, use
GPL code amongst themselves and forbid ever sharing the source with outsiders?
>>
The GPL is a legal document, and the notion of an individual is well defined
in the law (in contexts like this it includes corporations for example). So
no, you can't set up a group, declare it to be an "organization", and have
it treated as an entity by the law.