On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Tyler Romeo <[email protected]> wrote:
> **However**, I’d like to take this opportunity and jump a step further. > What would everybody think of switching to the AGPLv3 instead? The > advantage that this provides, for those who don’t know, is a single > additional restriction: when the software is used over the network, source > code must still be provided. In other words, the requirements all remain > the same (providing a copy of the source code, ensuring all modifications > are also GPLed, etc.). The only difference is that the requirements take > effect over the Internet rather than only when the software is distributed > in object code form. > Honestly, I'm no big fan of strongly copyleft licenses, especially AGPL. In addition to scaring off corporate users (yes, even soulless for-profit drones deserve the right to use FLOSS), it creates a lot of uncertainty even for open source users. I would personally prefer something much permissive like MIT style. -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
