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Re: GPL and NDA
- To: Dautrevaux at microprocess dot com
- Subject: Re: GPL and NDA
- From: Richard Stallman <rms at gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:38:10 -0600 (MDT)
- CC: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <17B78BDF120BD411B70100500422FC6309E2F4@IIS000>
- Reply-to: rms at gnu dot org
Is this true even if the code is distributed to the people with wich the NDA
was originally signed? I mean the following scenario:
Company A provides, under an NDA, information to company B.
Using this information, B develop, based on some GPLed code,
a program for A.
B then distribute this program (which IS GPLed) to A, but is
prohibited to distribute it to anybody else (due to the NDA).
This is permitted, because no GPL-covered code is ever distributed
under an NDA in this scenario. The code developed by B is distributed
only to A, and A is not placed under any NDA obligations.
I have put this in the GPL FAQ.