Open Source FAQ > What are the most difficult questions in open source licensing? > What constitutes distribution under GPL and other copyleft licenses?
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It's pretty well understood that the copyleft requirements of most licenses only adhere when one actually distirbutes copies of code. (That isn't true for all the copyleft licenses, just the most common ones.) But distribution can become a complicated question, particularly when copies are provided to developers, testers, corporate affiliates, and outsource providers. This is a situation where the right legal help can be of great benefit in managing the need to comply with copyleft.
Last updated on November 8, 2009 by Heather Meeker