You are not distributing the code so you don't have to publish it.
How are your competitors going to have this? You do not distribute, you do not publish your own additional code.
You can use GPLed code as much as you want.
If you want to distribute such software then you have to provide the code to your customers.You said this is not the case.
They are true masters of... something.
They managed to have you as a user
for a few days
And this without a service whatsoever. best marketing ever. Only if they had a little something to keep you on that site after they managed to get you there.
I still have to find a single usage of this web site.
Why do we waste our time again?
I simply can't understand how they manage to get on Slashdot or major media outlets. They surely burn a lot of advertisment money.
What do you expect them to do?
A search engine that opens up in English, gives results only from sites using German language, gives a hint for a mispellt word as if it is in English and gives me a feedback page in German.
I hate but can understand google's approach of geolocating my IP and showing me German interface initially.
I can't understand showing me results in another language. Then switching the interface language in a linked help page.
As the Germans say: Nein, Danke!
They stand no chance for me even trying this abomination of a web site in the next 1-2 years.
P.S. I hope it is obvious that I reside in Germany at the moment.
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You are not distributing the code so you don't have to publish it. How are your competitors going to have this? You do not distribute, you do not publish your own additional code. You can use GPLed code as much as you want. If you want to distribute such software then you have to provide the code to your customers.You said this is not the case.
They managed to have you as a user
And this without a service whatsoever. best marketing ever. Only if they had a little something to keep you on that site after they managed to get you there.
I still have to find a single usage of this web site.
Why do we waste our time again?
I simply can't understand how they manage to get on Slashdot or major media outlets. They surely burn a lot of advertisment money.
What do you expect them to do?
A search engine that opens up in English, gives results only from sites using German language, gives a hint for a mispellt word as if it is in English and gives me a feedback page in German.
I hate but can understand google's approach of geolocating my IP and showing me German interface initially.
I can't understand showing me results in another language. Then switching the interface language in a linked help page.
As the Germans say: Nein, Danke!
They stand no chance for me even trying this abomination of a web site in the next 1-2 years.
P.S. I hope it is obvious that I reside in Germany at the moment.