I've been a proponent of the AGPL in the past. I suppose my question is, would switching to the AGPL hurt the project in any way? Assuming it fails to "ensure cooperation", wouldn't that just make it equivalent to the GPLv3? Kyle http://www.kylehall.info Information Technology Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Colin Campbell <colin.campbell@ptfs-europe.com> wrote:
On 10/23/2009 11:00 AM, MJ Ray wrote:
Colin Campbell wrote:
Please read the list archives. I looked at it seriously during its drafting and, personally, I feel that AGPL is a bogus licence, based on the absurd idea that one can "ensure cooperation" with contract-based compulsion when it has been well-known for over 70 years that true cooperation is voluntary. See for example http://www.ica.coop/coop/principles.html#1
I've read them first time and thought your view of the license a caricature. The license does not mention co-operation it merely tries to give those who purchase SaaS the same rights and privileges over source as the GPL permitted. As such it enables co-operation, but as you point out that is voluntary. Colin
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