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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, October 19 2012 @ 11:47 AM EDT |
Lots of people read the AGPL as "You provide a web service, you have to
provide the sources to your server code"
That is really scary to some people, especially as the line between program and
data gets blurry.
It sounds like you're saying that the AGPL says "you provide me an
in-browser flash app, you have to provide the source to the flash app" But
if that's all it's saying, why doesn't the GPL cover that already?[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, October 19 2012 @ 02:18 PM EDT |
They probably are being cautious.
Software that uses the AGPL typically contain non-standard clauses that are
extremely tricky to legally parse. These clauses usually impose restrictions on
internal R&D related to customization of the software.
Much easier to ban software that utilizes that license, than spend twenty to
thirty hours researching the legal implications of each AGPL license, for each
program that uses it.. Especially when said research is more likely to require
the license to be rejected, rather than accepted.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Examples? - Authored by: ailuromancy on Friday, October 19 2012 @ 10:57 PM EDT
- Examples? - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, October 19 2012 @ 11:33 PM EDT
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