Marc Rauw wrote:
If the Software is intended to interact with users through a computer
network You must ensure that all users are also able to receive the
complete Source Code of the Software by means of a medium custorarily
used for software interchange, without any charge beyond the
[second try; the first one apparantly didn't get through]
Marc Rauw wrote:
If the Software is intended to interact with users through a computer
network You must ensure that all users are also able to receive the
complete Source Code of the Software by means of a medium custorarily
used
[third try; the first ones apparantly didn't get through]
Marc Rauw wrote:
If the Software is intended to interact with users through a computer
network You must ensure that all users are also able to receive the
complete Source Code of the Software by means of a medium custorarily
used
David Johnson wrote:
Except that, as I understand it, copyright restrictions on public
performance do not apply to software. I already have the right to
publicly display the program.
OK, maybe my stretching of the term 'public display' is indeed too
far-fetched (especially since it seems to
Here's the big problem with this clause: I can ignore it with impunity!
The clause is Affero GPL 2(d), which means it is effective
only when you are preparing derivative works.
This is how GPL clause 2 starts:
2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of
it,
Personally, I think a tightly defined 'download button' is a rather awkward
method to enforce copyleft for webservices. I would prefer more generic
terms, such as the following license clause (which uses the term 'public
display' rather than 'webservice' in an attempt to generalize the clause as
On Monday 25 March 2002 02:54 pm, Marc Rauw wrote:
Public display of the Software is allowed, provided that You ensure that
all users are also able to receive the complete Source Code of the Software
by means of a medium custorarily used for software interchange, without any
charge beyond
I am the creator of a GPL-ed embedded system: Busybox. I would not be
able to use the source button on busybox because of the system size
constraints. Embedded systems are subject to the ASP problem -
Busyboxis used for routers and appliance servers.
But I really wouldn't want to use the source
Henri Poole wrote:
But I really wouldn't want to use the source button on any of my software,
because I feel it breaks the efficiency of the software to drag its
source code around with each and every runnable copy. It feels awkward and
kludgy. Source should live on a well-known internet
Richard and Eben,
I feel that the draft GPL change for the ASP issue chooses the wrong
balance point between the right to privacy and the right to modify.
In my opinion, the correct solution would be to require publication
of derived works, with one-time notification to FSF of the publication
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