That is exactly what I had in mind, now I dont know if I stay with AGPL or change to LGPL..
I chosen AGPL because I saw another related projetct using it ( http://noosfero.org/Site/About) On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Wikus van de Merwe < dupakrop...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Bruno's work is given for free, and if you don't share your changes back, > keep it secret behind the server, it doesn't help the Movuca project. So > for Bruno the GPL or even AGPL is a good option, as it keeps the code free > (as in freedom). > > CMS is very different to a framework like web2py, which is only a base for > application development and could be seen as similar to a system library. > CMS is an application itself. It's not a component used to build bigger > projects. The FSF discourage use of LGPL in such cases, because they goal > is to spread and increase adoption of the free software. So they favor a > scenario in which your software is released under the GPL, as all work > derived from it would have to become free software too (which is not the > case for LGPL). > > Also, I don't see any contradiction between GPL or AGPL and "commercial > intentions". Your client is paying for a customised solution and is getting > one no matter if the license is LGPL, GPL or AGPL. The only difference here > is for Bruno and the community of people working with him on the CMS. They > might ask for the source code and benefit from changes made by others. The > same way as those others benefited in the first place from Bruno's CMS as > they didn't have to write it from scratch. It's a win win situation. Where > do you guys see problems with adoption and commercial use? > > GPL will prevent anyone from making a proprietary system that includes > your code (LGPL allows that). However, it would be still possible to do it > without code distribution, for example in a software as service model. Only > AGPL will prevent that, as it requires to make the source available > whenever the code is deployed on a server. > > -- Bruno Rocha [http://rochacbruno.com.br]
