On 11/06/14 22:24, Ben Tilly wrote:
The AGPL is supposed to avoid this issue. Because now they have to acknowledge you, adn let you see their improvements.
Not really about freedom then. They lose the freedom to hide their upgrades, but you don't. The tactic may be within the rules, but it seems against the spirit. I though the real intent of the AGPL was to ensure that users could see the enhanced code, rather than as a way of feeding back to a privileged originator.
In any case, the originator can only use a clean room re-implementation of the enhancements if they want to retain the privileged position of being able to charge for their code. If they include the upgrades as is, they are now downstream of an AGPL contributor and must use the AGPL rules.
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