On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 13:33 +0000, Sam Liddicott wrote: > * Alex Hudson wrote, On 22/11/07 13:09: > > On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 12:50 +0000, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: > > > > > Sam Liddicott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > The GPL is widely considered a share-alike license where licensors have > > > > understood that the same terms will propagate throughout the > > > > distribution > > > > chain. > > > > > > > You're presenting an argument against additional requirements as being an > > > argument against AGPL compatibility. > > > > > > Apache licence compatibility was achieved by allowing people to add the > > > requirements of Apached licensed code to GPLv3 licensed code. > > > > > > > Are you sure about that? I don't see anywhere in the GPLv3 which says I > > can attach extra restrictions in Apache licenses to GPLv3'd code. GPLv3 > > + Apache doesn't have further restrictions on the GPL that I'm aware of. > > > > I think the point is that the GPL always set a maximum level of > > restriction, and although you could lessen them (e.g., LGPL), you > > couldn't add to them. That has now changed: the AGPL is the maxima, > > effectively, and the GPLv3 could be simply written as the AGPL plus a > > grant of permission. > > > > That's not the same as designing the basic license to be compatible with > > other popular license. > > > My current understanding is that the AGPL puts restrictions on GPL3 > software when and for as long as that GPL3 software is combined with > AGPL software.
No it adds requirements, no restrictions on what users can do, just requirements when they are done with it. Let's use the right words please. > Please could some kind soul confirm this understanding? I don't think you can say AGPL add restrictions, no. > It leaves me wondering if the next release of Microsoft Windows would > try a similar but more restrictive clause; And how this would be relevant? > I don't like the idea that one license can restrict the terms of > another license. In fact this does not happen. The *requirement* is only for AGPL or combined works with the AGPL. But the work under GPLv3 even when combined remains under the GPLv3. Simo. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
