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Old 10-14-2015, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MarcusD
So what that means is someone could make their own private server and play at home and modify the code without releasing their code but as soon as you post your server on EQEmu you have to release your modified source code.
You're missing the exclusion clause:
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But if you release the modified version to the public in some way, the GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to the program's users, under the GPL.
They are NOT releasing P99 binaries to the public, so they are not obligated by the GNU GPL to release their source code.

They are only providing a public service up to the point of their connection to the internet. Behind that, all is private - including their binaries.
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