Re: Compiling octave on iPhone

[Francesco Potortì]

>The GPL only kicks in when you start to distribute your code. GPL3
>introduces the notion of 'conveying', which mostly broadens the
>"distribution" to accessing a service over a network.

Well, no.  You need the Affero license for that.  This is what GPLv3
says:

|  To "convey" a work means any kind of propagation that enables other
|parties to make or receive copies.  Mere interaction with a user through
|a computer network, with no transfer of a copy, is not conveying.

>However, if you compile GPL code on your own system and don't let anyone
>except yourself access it, there's nothing to violate.

You can let people access it.  And you can even distribute it, provided
you accompany it with information how to install it.

>I don't know the iPhone EULA, so I can't comment on that. 

Not me either: from what I have read, it may prevent you from providing
the information how to install it: if this is true, it means that you
can not lawfully distribute it.

ALL THE ABOVE IS SPECULATION: I am not a lawyer and this is not legal
advice.  So don't bet your fortunes on what I said :)

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