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>>>>> On Tue, 04 Nov 2014, Luca Barbato wrote: |
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> - use AGPLv3 + as many exceptions as you like if you want something |
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> special, who doesn't agree with them has to stay with the vanilla |
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> agpl3 with all its forced "freedom". |
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I disagree. AGPL-3 only makes sense for programs that directly |
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interact with users via a web server or similar. Using it for other |
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packages can lead to awkward situations. (If you want an example, |
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we're currently bitten by Oracle's inappropriate use of AGPL-3 for |
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sys-libs/db:6.0 [1].) |
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Ulrich |
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[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525110 |
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