On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 03:30:28PM +0100, Mćns Rullgćrd wrote: > Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > And probably it will also deal with running the code on a publicly > > accessible server. > > The question is if a license based on copyright can legally place such > restrictions on use of the program.
Some idea of how the FSF may attempt this can be seen from the Affero General Public License. Apparantly the Affero GPL is a modified version of the GNU GPL, it adds Section 2(d): * d) If the Program as you received it is intended to interact with users through a computer network and if, in the version you received, any user interacting with the Program was given the opportunity to request transmission to that user of the Program's complete source code, you must not remove that facility from your modified version of the Program or work based on the Program, and must offer an equivalent opportunity for all users interacting with your Program through a computer network to request immediate transmission by HTTP of the complete source code of your modified version or other derivative work. It also adds an "interesting" twist on the "or later" thing often used with the GPLv2: Affero Inc. may publish revised and/or new versions of the Affero General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by Affero, Inc. If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by Affero, Inc. You may also choose to redistribute modified versions of this program under any version of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License version 3 or higher, so long as that version of the GNU GPL includes terms and conditions substantially equivalent to those of this license. So, if you wish to use the AGPL, you as copyright holder can choose between AGPLv1 and AGPLv1 or later. But whichever you choose, you cannot remove the option to 'upgrade' to GNU GPLv3. -- Kuno. (ps. this is probably my first post to this list, so.. hi! everyone :). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]