Hi! 2010/5/5 samwyse <[email protected]>: > Go read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License > > The AGPL was designed to close a perceived application service > provider "loophole" (the "ASP loophole") in the ordinary GPL, whereby > when using but not distributing the software, the copyleft provisions > are not triggered. The AGPL differs from the GNU GPL on which it is > based in having an additional provision addressing use of software > over a computer network. The additional provision requires that the > complete source code be made available to any network user of the AGPL- > licensed work, typically a Web application.
Well, Ebral wrote that it's GPL not AGPL. > IANAL, but it's plausible that if one were to upload GPL software to a > service provider, the provider would have a right to the source. Then > you'd just need to convince the provider to share the source with > you. Whether the App Engine crew would be willing and able to assist > in this way is an open question. I wouldn't hold my breath, however. I doubt that, because it's your software that is running for you and not for the service provider. You have no contract with the service provider that grants him usage of the software you are running. It's the opposite in my opinion, which leads to the fact that the service provider can't be considered as "user" as the GPL means it. But again, IANAL... -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, // Bye, Patrick Cornelißen http://www.openprojectguide.org http://www.pcornelissen.de http://code.google.com/p/gloudy/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
