Yes, you are.Tsuroerusu wrote:I am not talking about distribution.Gomer_X wrote:But you don't need to license software you don't distribute.Tsuroerusu wrote:I heard him say that he has no problem with custom software as long as that software respects the user's freedom, and given that Stallman is coming from the premise of the four freedoms being essential, he means that that software should be under a free software license.
CSF has DISTRIBUTED the software to you. You didn't create it, you bought it. Therefore it needs a license.Tsuroerusu wrote:Say I need a program that does X, Y and Z, so I go a custom software firm (CSF) and pay them to make me a program that does X, Y and Z.
"Custom software" as I defined it is not distributed. You're talking about something different.