Carsten Agger wrote: > However, note that the if developer holds the copyright of the code himself, > he's perfectly entitled to do so. However, his work is then not really under > the AGPL as he claims, but under a new license consisting of the AGPL + one > additional restriction. This is confusing and undesirable and I personally > don't like the concept of "badgeware" inherent in some "Open Source" > licenses, but if he owns the copyright to the code, he's not violating the > AGPL by defining such terms.
Yes, if the developer is the sole author then he or she can determine their own terms of distribution. However, the text from Alexander's report suggested that the developer in question is interpreting the AGPL as validating what might be termed badgeware. That is an issue that may need addressing. Regards Shane -- Shane Coughlan FTF Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe Office: +41435000366 ext 408 / Mobile: +41792633406 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support Free Software > http://fsfe.org _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
