On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Peter Bienstman<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Saturday 05 September 2009 12:36:41 pm Gwern Branwen wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 6:30 AM, rbuc<[email protected]> wrote: >> > I'm in the process of creating a website where I'd like to use a >> > spaced repetition algorithm. I would like to use the mnemosyne >> > algorithm for its simplicity and the possibility to contribute to >> > research. The problem is that I don't like to license my other code >> > under a GPL license which I'd have to do. >> >> Actually, that's not true. If you're running a website or a 'software >> as a service' thing, then like Google you can get away with not >> releasing anything whatsoever. The GPL explicitly allows this. If >> Mnemosyne were under the Affero GPL, then it'd be a different story... > > Hmm, perhaps it should look into the Affero GPL for the 2.x code base then. > > Peter
If the software-as-a-service hole bugs you, it'd be worthwhile. GPLv3 only plugs the Tivoization hole. AGPL is pretty obscure as FLOSS licenses go, though, so you might need to add an FAQ explaining the difference from the GPL & why you relicensed. (The Wikipedia article is reasonable on the subject.) And of course you have the issue about relicensing your code. If you haven't accepted anybody else's code into 2.x then you can relicense your code as you please, but I dunno if you've kept the codebase as 'pure' as you need to. -- gwern --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" 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/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
