On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:56:08 -0400 Evan Leibovitch <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13 July 2017 at 11:27, Lennart Sorensen > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can developers > > > incorporate GPL software while wholly circumventing the FSF's > > > social goals? > > > This paradigm needs to be addressed but IMO has been largely > > > ignored for an assortment of reasons. > > I believe the answer is that yes they can. This appears to be why > > the AGPL license exists as per this: > > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.en.html > It exists, but barely > <https://www.blackducksoftware.com/top-open-source-licenses>, to the > point of irrelevance. And even the description of the license admits > that it doesn't really solve the open/closed issues inherent in SaaS. > So my point stands that this is an important facet of software > freedom that has been lost amidst the dogmatism of "free software" > versus "open source". > is there any consensus that cloud presents the single greatest threat to future software freedom? (and users are mostly apathetic in their financial support of various offerings as those relate to future freedom, vendor lock in and many other potentially evil things)?
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