{"id":485,"date":"2009-04-07T10:04:57","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T17:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dubinko.info\/blog\/?p=485"},"modified":"2009-04-07T10:04:57","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T17:04:57","slug":"gpls-cloudy-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubinko.info\/blog\/2009\/04\/gpls-cloudy-future\/","title":{"rendered":"GPL&#8217;s Cloudy Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoyed this <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/BTL\/?p=15855\">post<\/a>, from Jeremy Allison as it turns out. It talks about how GPL software is &#8220;the new BSD&#8221; when it comes to cloud computing, since redistribuion of the software doesn&#8217;t happen, and thus doesn&#8217;t trigger the relevant clauses of the GPL. Any old company can use, re-use, and modify the software without sharing the code in the original spirit of the license. 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