[PeterisP]

What about open source licencing? If Goldman Sachs takes GPL software, modifies it and uses it internally without distribution, then they are perfectly compliant with the licence.

It doesn't grant the programmer any ownership of the code, nor any rights to take a copy of what he wrote with him.

[jwatte]

But the corporation allegedly removed the GPL license and put /only/ their own license on it. How is this not a Federal copyright offense?

[djcapelis]

It's only an offense if they distribute it because that is the thing that necessitates having a license to distribute the work.