For Approval: TURKIX PUBLIC LICENSE

Stephen C. North north at research.att.com
Thu Oct 28 14:34:39 UTC 2004


	The AGPL would permit someone to create a commercial service based on
	the application, but would require any changes to publicly deployed code
	be published, maintaining the users' software freedoms.

This is just a side comment, but these days it does not seem very 
meaningful to make a distinction between "commercial" and "non-commercial"
software or services.  

Licenses that force people to divulge completely private property, such
as experiments, prototypes and rough drafts, seem too intrusive.
I know of situations where a decision was made not to use source code
software that was otherwise very attractive because of conditions like this.

Stephen North




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