On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Jochen Daum <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 13 April 2012 11:07, Simon Holywell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Also at a higher level. It is GPL licensed which kinda rules out serious
> > commercial use - see copyleft.
>
> not at all, see here:
>
> http://automatem.posterous.com/why-purchasing-open-source-licenced-is-the-ri
>

Hi Jochen,

Great article that rebuts commonly held myths about open source software.

What's missing is mention of the AGPL which does require people running
modified versions of AGPL software on public web sites to make their
changes available to web users. Not a very common licence yet, but
something to be aware of when starting a project.

Bruce

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