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 -- Colin Campbell Software Engineer, PTFS Europe Limited Content Management and Library Solutions +44 (0) 208 366 1295 (phone) +44 (0) 7759 633626 (mobile) colin.campbell@ptfs-europe.com skype: colin_campbell2 http://www.ptfs-europe.com