----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin P. Fleming" <lists.osi-license-disc...@kevin.km6g.us> > To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org > Sent: Monday, 22 May, 2023 20:33:34 > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Network copyleft license without requiring > 'Installation Information'
> On Sun, May 21, 2023, at 04:20, Wiebe Cazemier wrote: >> For a network server project, I currently use the AGPLv3 because >> network-copyleft is important to me. I never gave the Installation >> Information requirement much thought, but now there's interest from a >> hardware manufacturer to include the software. I have written up a >> draft of the required AGPLv3 exception, but I'm troubled by it. > > So the hardware manufacturer wants to embed the AGPLv3-licensed software, > presumably will comply with the license terms and offer 'complete > corresponding > source' to the recipients of the hardware, but won't provide information to > them to allow them to replace or upgrade the software installed in the > hardware? Yes, just like the GPLv2 allows. And this manufacturer actually will provide the 'Installation Information', but having software which such a license precludes any deals with OEMs in the future, so manufacturers avoid software under GPL3. It's as simple as that. > > That defeats a major tenet of the 'software freedom' aspects of the license. I know, that's why I'm looking for a network copyleft license without a clause that makes my software untouchable. Free but unusable is no good. I agree with Linus Torvalds statement on the matter. I'm not a hardware designer. You don't have to use the software. If you do, the only thing I ask for is source code back. _______________________________________________ The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily those of the Open Source Initiative. Official statements by the Open Source Initiative will be sent from an opensource.org email address. License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
