MJ Ray wrote: > 1. Along similar lines, one question I keep returning to is > > "Would a licence that required me to give a copy of the source at my > expense if I let someone use the application on my laptop meet the > DFSG?"
It doesn't require you to give them a copy. It requires you to offer it. In other words, the app you let them use might have a "Save Source" link, but they are responsible for bringing the USB stick. > And I think the answer is "No, it breaks DFSG 1" but people are > defending the AGPLv3 by saying that the cost is negligible, which I'm > unsure about. I'm also not sure whether the scale of the cost matters > much - one person's negligible is another's cost of living. > Basically, AGPLv3 seems to reduce the user's freedom to "use, but not > distribute" That's a good way of putting it IMO. > which isn't explicitly forbidden by the DFSG, but surely > outside the normal Free Software Definition. Why "surely"? Gerv -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
