Hello list,
Le 2013-01-04 20:59, Timothy Normand Miller a écrit :
I like the GPL snapshot approach. I'd also like to maintain an
AGPLv3
re-licensed forkmirror that includes the full revision history,
which will
put some nice tight bounds around if anything gpl-only ever
actually gets into downstream forks.
That sounds good to me. What does AGPL add to/remove from the GPL?
This "AGPL" for hardware looks like a joke but it's a harmless and
protective move
that I took for the YASEP project.
The situation being that just as "hardware" turns into "software"
(gates are written in HDL), software is increasingly "networked",
turned into web apps, where they can potentially be held hostage
(in pure GPL world) by the service provider, who can tweak the
"software"
and not have to redistribute his changes.
the Affero clause is simple : if you use the code on a network,
you have to provide a way to access and redistribute the code that
you use, for example by providing a direct link to the source code.
Simple. It adds a new distribution method to the existing requirements
and requests that the running software remains "transparent" (not
a closed black box). It's unrelated to hardware but doesn't harm
and actually can make things easier in the long run.
Imagine that a company takes the OpenShader design and provides
online services for remote, online simulations. This would force
them to release their own tuned version. Contrast this to the
http://mbed.org/ approach where you buy the cheap board and
have to use their "online compiler" which is crippled and obscure,
forcing you to buy a "full featured" commercial version.
AGPLv3 is GPLv3 with a network clause, both more handy
and more demanding on a couple of key points. It doesn't harm
hardware projects and closes a hole in the classic GPL.
I hope it answered your questions.
YG
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