So we need to change everything build atop of nupic to that as well? On Aug 19, 2015 2:15 AM, "Matthew Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote:
> NuPIC and associated projects are now AGPL as of 0.2.7. > > http://numenta.org/blog/2015/08/17/licensing-update.html > > Thanks for your support. > > --------- > Matt Taylor > OS Community Flag-Bearer > Numenta > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello NuPIC, >> >> I wanted to let you all know that we have decided to move from GPLv3 >> to AGPLv3. We are planning on making this change for all our OS >> repositories that are currently GPLv3 within the next 2 weeks. >> >> Regards, >> >> --------- >> Matt Taylor >> OS Community Flag-Bearer >> Numenta >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hello NuPIC, >> > >> > Following is a note from Numenta CEO Donna Dubinsky about a license >> > change we've been considering for awhile now. Please read: >> > >> > * * * >> > >> > To members of the NuPIC community… >> > >> > I’m writing you today on a likely change in direction on NuPIC >> > licensing going forward. I’ve discussed this direction with several >> > members of the NuPIC community, and would value your input as well. >> > You can reach me at [email protected] with any thoughts on this >> > subject or on licensing in general. >> > >> > When we made the decision to use the GPLv3 license several years ago, >> > the GPL seemed like a good fit for our needs as we were trying to >> > promote a community that shares their work, rather than going with a >> > more permissive style license that allows individuals to keep it >> > private. As you know, we elected to have a dual license strategy to >> > separately work with those individuals who wanted to build proprietary >> > commercial applications. >> > >> > Now, several years later, we are seeing some concern on the question >> > of how the GPLv3 applies to SaaS implementations (SaaS is “software as >> > a service”, or cloud-based implementations). We have heard from SaaS >> > developers who feel comfortable using the GPL but not distributing the >> > source. As this was not the spirit of our original licensing >> > selection, we are now leaning towards transitioning to the AGPLv3 >> > (Affero General Public License) going forward. The AGPL makes clear >> > that use in a SaaS implementation is also considered a distribution >> > and thus must fully comply with the GPL. In the last few years, we’ve >> > seen increasing adoption of the AGPL, used for products such as Mongo >> > DB. Note that the AGPLv3 is explicitly designed to be the same as the >> > GPLv3 with the additional of the SaaS clarification. >> > >> > Based on initial feedback, we are planning to move forward with this >> > change in the coming weeks. I believe that this will impact the NuPIC >> > community in a positive way by plugging the loophole that does not >> > clearly require distribution in SaaS instances. From a commercial >> > perspective, this change gives a clearer delineation that a commercial >> > license would be required for a proprietary SaaS implementation. >> > >> > Links to both licenses are below. >> > >> > Thanks for your interest and your investment of time in NuPIC. >> > >> > Donna >> > >> > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html >> > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html >> > >> > * * * >> > >> > >> > Thanks for reading. I hope this doesn't alarm anyone. We've been >> > discussing this change for awhile now, and I think it is the right >> > thing to do. It Please let us know if you have any feedback, but the >> > bottom line is that this change should not affect you at all unless >> > you were planning on (or are currently) running NuPIC as a cloud-based >> > software service. You may still do this, of course, but you would need >> > to share your source code or come to Numenta for a commercial license. >> > >> > I am happy to discuss any concerns, questions, or comments anyone has >> > about this change. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > --------- >> > Matt Taylor >> > OS Community Flag-Bearer >> > Numenta >> > >
