On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 09:19:26PM +0200, Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: > On 20.09.2016 19:52, Nicolás Alvarez wrote: > >2016-09-20 14:04 GMT-03:00 Jonathan Riddell <j...@jriddell.org>: > >>Added: > >>''Applications which are intended to be run on a server'' can be > >>licenced under the GNU AGPL 3.0 or later > >>Rationale: KDE Store code is under AGPL > >>Question: should this be an option or a requirement for server software? > >I agree with this change, but I think it should remain an option. > > I would support making it mandatory, actually, or at least > recommended, because for an end user a web service based on GPL > software is no better than one based on proprietary software, > because they cannot tell what software it is they're interacting > with. Therefore, the AGPL closes an important hole in FOSS web > services. > > I don't feel very strongly about this, but to me it would make sense > to at least recommend AGPL for web software we produce.
Added that this is recommended now to the Draft Jonathan